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Association of Rsa polymorphism of the estrogen receptor-β gene with rheumatoid arthritis.
Rheumatology international - 1 Jul 2012
Sato Hiromi, Ito Ayano, González-Canga Aránzazu, Okuzawa Hiroko, Ugai Kanako, Suzuki Masahiko, Namiki Takao, Ueno Koichi
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the possible influence of the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of the estrogen receptor-β gene, rs1256049 (Rsa) in exon 5, on the frequency of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), 263 RA patients and 174 control subjects with osteoarthritis (OA) were recruited. Rsa polymorphism was detected using a PCR-RFLP, Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism method. The occurrence of both...
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