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Is there a higher genetic load of susceptibility loci in familial ankylosing spondylitis?
Arthritis care & research - 1 May 2012
Joshi Reeti, Reveille John D, Brown Matthew A, Weisman Michael H, Ward Michael M, Gensler Lianne S, Wordsworth B Paul, Evans David M, Assassi Shervin
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Several genetic risk variants for ankylosing spondylitis (AS) have been identified in genome-wide association studies. Our objective was to examine whether familial AS cases have a higher genetic load of these susceptibility variants. METHODS: Overall, 502 AS patients were examined, consisting of 312 patients who had first-degree relatives (FDRs) with AS (familial) and 190 patients who had no FDRs with...
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