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Familial clustering of the serum cytokine profile in the relatives of rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Jun 2012
El-Gabalawy Hani S, Robinson David B, Smolik Irene, Hart Donna, Elias Brenda, Wong Keng, Peschken Christine A, Hitchon Carol A, Li Xuan, Bernstein Charles N, Newkirk Marianna M, Fritzler Marvin J
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OBJECTIVE: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is prevalent in North American Native populations, with a high frequency of multicase families and seropositivity in first-degree relatives. This study was undertaken to determine whether the serum cytokine profile of first-degree relatives of North American Native patients with RA differed from that of individuals with no family history of autoimmunity and whether there was...
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