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Quantification of the familial contribution to juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Aug 2010
Prahalad Sampath, Zeft Andrew S, Pimentel Richard, Clifford Bronte, McNally Bernadette, Mineau Geraldine P, Jorde Lynn B, Bohnsack John F
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We previously demonstrated that there is familial aggregation of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Using a large JIA cohort, we sought to identify additional clusters of JIA cases and to calculate robust estimates of the relative risk (RR) of JIA in the siblings and cousins of JIA probands. We also estimated the population attributable risk (PAR) of familial factors in JIA. METHODS: A probabilistic...
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