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The effect of CTLA-4 A49G polymorphism on rheumatoid arthritis risk: a meta-analysis.
Diagnostic pathology - 16 Aug 2014
Li Gang, Shi Fengjun, Liu Jingchen, Li Ye
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BACKGROUND: Recently, a number of studies have been performed to explore the association between CTLA-4 A49G polymorphism and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, the results of previous works are still controversial and ambiguous. METHODS: In this work, we attempted to perform an updated meta-analysis of available case-control study in order to assess the association between CTLA-4 A49G polymorphism and RA risk....
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