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Whole-genome detection of disease-associated deletions or excess homozygosity in a case-control study of rheumatoid arthritis.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Mar 2013
Wu Chih-Chieh, Shete Sanjay, Jo Eun-Ji, Xu Yaji, Lu Emily Y, Chen Wei V, Amos Christopher I
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Unlike genome-wide association studies, few comprehensive studies of copy number variation's contribution to complex human disease susceptibility have been performed. Copy number variations are abundant in humans and represent one of the least well-studied classes of genetic variants; in addition, known rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility loci explain only a portion of familial clustering. Therefore, we performed...
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