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rs10865331 associated with susceptibility and disease severity of ankylosing spondylitis in a Taiwanese population.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Wen Ya-Feng, Wei James Cheng-Chung, Hsu Yu-Wen, Chiou Hung-Yi, Wong Henry Sung-Ching, Wong Ruey-Hong, Ikegawa Shiro, Chang Wei-Chiao
Abstract excerpt
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a highly familial rheumatic disorder and is considered as a chronic inflammatory disease. Genetic factors are involved in the pathogenesis of AS. To identify genes which render people susceptible to AS in a Taiwanese population, we selected six single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from previous genome-wide association studies (GWASs) which were associated with AS in European...
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