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JMY polymorphism is related to severity of ankylosing spondylitis in Chinese Han patients.
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers - 1 Aug 2013
Chai Wei, Lian Zijian, Chen Chao, Liu Jingyi, Shi Lewis L, Wang Yan
Abstract excerpt
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a largely genetically determined autoimmune disease. JMY has recently been found to be associated with susceptibility to AS in patients of western European descent. We aimed to examine the influence of JMY polymorphisms on the severity of AS in the Chinese ethnic majority Han population. Blood samples were drawn from 396 Chinese Han AS patients whose duration of disease was about...
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