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Exonic deletion of CASP10 in a patient presenting with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis, but not with autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome type IIa.
International journal of immunogenetics - 1 Aug 2011
Tadaki H, Saitsu H, Kanegane H, Miyake N, Imagawa T, Kikuchi M, Hara R, Kaneko U, Kishi T, Miyamae T, Nishimura A, Doi H, Tsurusaki Y, Sakai H, Yokota S, Matsumoto N
Abstract excerpt
Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (s-JIA) is a rare inflammatory disease classified as a subtype of chronic childhood arthritis, manifested by spiking fever, erythematous skin rash, pericarditis and hepatosplenomegaly. The genetic background underlying s-JIA remains poorly defined. To detect copy number variations, we performed single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array analysis in 50 patients with s-JIA. We...
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