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Susceptibility genes for rheumatoid arthritis - a rapidly expanding harvest.
Bulletin of the NYU hospital for joint diseases - 1 Jan 2010
Gregersen Peter K
Abstract excerpt
In addition to the HLA locus, over 30 genetic loci have been convincingly associated with risk for rheumatoid arthritis, and the majority of these associations have been identified in the last four years. Although this is a remarkable accomplishment, the majority of the genetic risk for RA still remains to be identified. Some of this "missing heritability" will likely be due to rare genetic variation, and will...
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