Article
Evaluation of a shared autoimmune disease-associated polymorphism of TRAF6 in systemic sclerosis and giant cell arteritis.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Jun 2012
Carmona F David, Serrano Aurora, Rodríguez-Rodríguez Luis, Callejas José Luis, Simeón Carmen P, Carreira Patricia, Castañeda Santos, Solans Roser, Blanco Ricardo, González-Gay Miguel A, Martín Javier
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We evaluated whether a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of the TRAF6 gene previously associated with systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis may be a common risk factor for systemic sclerosis (SSc) and giant cell arteritis (GCA). METHODS: A total of 1185 patients with SSc, 479 patients with biopsy-proven GCA, and 1442 unrelated healthy controls of white Spanish origin were genotyped...
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