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The ACTN3 R577X polymorphism is associated with inflammatory myopathies in a Mexican population.
Scandinavian journal of rheumatology - 1 Oct 2012
Sandoval-García F, Petri M H, Saavedra M A, Cruz-Reyes C V, Jara-Quezada L J, Dávalos-Rodríguez I P, Salazar-Páramo M, Gámez-Nava J I, González-López L, García-Iglesias T, Corona-Sánchez E G, Zavaleta-Muñiz S, Vargas-Ramírez R, Vázquez-Del Mercado M, Martín-Márquez B T
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BACKGROUND: The ACTN3 gene encodes the fast muscle protein α-actinin-3. The ACTN3 R577X polymorphism is a premature stop codon and results in absence of α-actinin-3 in 577XX homozygotes. The aim of this study was to determine the ACTN3 genotype in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs). METHOD...
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