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CD226 (DNAM-1) is associated with susceptibility to juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Dec 2015
Reinards T H C M, Albers H M, Brinkman D M C, Kamphuis S S M, van Rossum M A J, Girschick H J, Wouters C, Hoppenreijs E P A H, Saurenmann R K, Hinks A, Ellis J A, Bakker E, Verduijn W, Slagboom P, Huizinga T W J, Toes R E M, Houwing-Duistermaat J J, ten Cate R, Schilham M W
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OBJECTIVES: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is considered a complex genetic autoimmune disease. We investigated the association of genetic variants previously implicated in JIA, autoimmunity and/or immunoregulation, with susceptibility to JIA. METHODS: A genetic association study was performed in 639 JIA patients and 1613 healthy controls of northwest European descent. Ninety-three single nucleotide...
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