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CD226 rs763361 (Gly307Ser) polymorphism is associated with susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis in Zahedan, southeast Iran.
Iranian biomedical journal - 1 Jan 2013
Hashemi Mohammad, Zakeri Zahra, Eskandari-Nasab Ebrahim, Atabaki Mahdi, Pourhosseini Seyed Mohammad Ebrahim, Jahantigh Mehdi, Bahari Gholamreza, Taheri Mohsen
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BACKGROUND: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease with many genetic factors predisposing to disease susceptibility. The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of CD226 rs727088 and rs763361 polymorphisms and susceptibility to RA in a sample of the Iranian population. METHODS: This case-control study was carried out on 100 patients with RA and 104 healthy subjects. The...
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