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Identification of BANK1 polymorphisms by unlabelled probe high resolution melting: association with systemic lupus erythematosus susceptibility and autoantibody production in Han Chinese.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Mar 2011
Guan Ming, Yu Bo, Wan Jun, Zhang Xinju, Wu Zhiyuan, Zhong Qili, Zhang Wei, Zou Hejian
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The three functional SNPs of BANK1 (rs10516487, rs17266594 and rs3733197) have been shown to be associated with SLE in Caucasian populations. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the association of BANK1 polymorphisms with SLE could be replicated in a Chinese population an...
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