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IL-23A, IL-23R, IL-17A and IL-17R polymorphisms in different psoriatic arthritis clinical manifestations in the northern Italian population.
Rheumatology international - 1 May 2013
Catanoso Maria Grazia, Boiardi Luigi, Macchioni Pierluigi, Garagnani Paolo, Sazzini Marco, De Fanti Sara, Farnetti Enrico, Casali Bruno, Chiarolanza Ilaria, Nicoli Davide, Luiselli Donata, Salvarani Carlo
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the genetic variability of IL-17A, IL17-RA, IL-23A and IL-23R genes on an in-depth phenotypically characterized northern Italian Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) case-control cohort, in search for associations specific to different PsA clinical sub-phenotypes. We examined 118 patients with PsA according to CASPAR criteria (mean age 57 ± 13, female 38.4 %, mean disease duration 13.9 ± 8.6 years, peripheral...
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