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The PTPN22 locus and rheumatoid arthritis: no evidence for an effect on risk independent of Arg620Trp.
PloS one - 21 Oct 2010
Wan Taib Wan R, Smyth Deborah J, Merriman Marilyn E, Dalbeth Nicola, Gow Peter J, Harrison Andrew A, Highton John, Jones Peter B B, Stamp Lisa, Steer Sophia, Todd John A, Merriman Tony R
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OBJECTIVES: The Trp(620) allotype of PTPN22 confers susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and certain other classical autoimmune diseases. There has been a report of other variants within the PTPN22 locus that alter risk of RA; protective haplotype '5', haplotype group '6-10' and susceptibi...
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