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Overlap of disease susceptibility loci for rheumatoid arthritis and juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Jun 2010
Hinks Anne, Eyre Steve, Ke Xiayi, Barton Anne, Martin Paul, Flynn Edward, Packham Jon, Worthington Jane, Thomson Wendy
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BACKGROUND: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been extremely successful in the search for susceptibility risk factors for complex genetic autoimmune diseases. As more studies are published, evidence is emerging of considerable overlap of loci between these diseases. In juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), another complex genetic autoimmune disease, the strategy of using information from autoimmune...
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