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CD40 gene polymorphisms confer risk of Behcet's disease but not of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome in a Han Chinese population.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Jan 2012
Chen Feilan, Hou Shengping, Jiang Zhengxuan, Chen Yuanyuan, Kijlstra Aize, Rosenbaum James T, Yang Peizeng
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Recent genetic surveys including a genome-wide association study have identified CD40 as a susceptibility gene for several autoimmune diseases. This study was designed to investigate the association of CD40 gene polymorphisms with Behçet's disease (BD) and Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) syndrome in a Han Chinese population. METHODS: Two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), rs4810485 and rs1883832, were...
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