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Genetic studies of ankylosing spondylitis in Koreans confirm associations with ERAP1 and 2p15 reported in white patients.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Feb 2011
Bang So-Young, Kim Tae-Hwan, Lee Bitnara, Kwon Eunji, Choi Sang Hyun, Lee Ki Soo, Shim Seung Cheol, Pope Angela, Rahman Proton, Reveille John D, Inman Robert D
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OBJECTIVE: Investigators from the Australo-Anglo-American Spondyloarthritis Consortium have reported additional genes associated with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) susceptibility including IL1R2, ANTXR2, and gene deserts at 2p15 and 21q22. We evaluated these new candidate genes in a large cohort of Korean patients with AS. METHODS: A group of 1164 patients with AS and 752 healthy controls were enrolled for our...
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