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Associations between interferon regulatory factor 5 polymorphisms and rheumatoid arthritis: a meta-analysis.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Feb 2013
Lee Young Ho, Bae Sang-Cheol, Choi Sung Jae, Ji Jong Dae, Song Gwan Gyu
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to determine whether interferon regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) polymorphisms confers susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in populations with different ethnicities. We searched the literature using the Pubmed and Embase databases and conducted meta-analyses on associations between the four IRF5 polymorphisms (rs2004640, rs729302, rs752637, and rs2280714) and RA susceptibility, using...
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