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Arg972 insulin receptor substrate-1 polymorphism and risk and severity of rheumatoid arthritis.
International journal of rheumatic diseases - 1 Feb 2016
Zhao Hongjun, Liu Shiqing, Long Mei, Peng Lijuan, Deng Hongxiang, You Yunhui
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To explore the association between the Arg(972) insulin receptor substrate (IRS)-1 polymorphism (rs1801278) and the risk and disease activity/severity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHOD: We genotyped the Arg(972) IRS-1 polymorphism in 871 pairs of age-, sex-, body mass index-, residence area- and current smoking status-matched RA patients and controls. We assessed RA severity using the disease activity...
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