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Resequencing the susceptibility gene, ITGAM, identifies two functionally deleterious rare variants in systemic lupus erythematosus cases.
Arthritis research & therapy - 21 May 2014
Roberts Amy L, Thomas Ellen Ra, Bhosle Shriram, Game Laurence, Obraztsova Olga, Aitman Timothy J, Vyse Timothy J, Rhodes Benjamin
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INTRODUCTION: The majority of the genetic variance of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) remains unexplained by the common disease-common variant hypothesis. Rare variants, which are not detectable by genome-wide association studies because of their low frequencies, are predicted to explain part of this "missing heritability." However, recent studies identifying rare variants within known disease-susceptibility...
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