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1858 C/T polymorphism of the protein tyrosine phosphatase nonreceptor 22 gene and rheumatoid arthritis risk in europeans: a meta-analysis.
Archives of medical research - 1 Nov 2011
Nong Lu-Ming, Ren Ke-Wei, Xu Nan-Wei, Zhou Dong
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of the protein tyrosine phosphatase nonreceptor gene (PTPN22) confers susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and certain other classical autoimmune diseases. The association between PTPN22 1858C/T polymorphism and the risk of RA is still controversial and ambiguous; therefore, we performed this meta-analysis to confirm some relationships. METHODS:...
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