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Genetic link of type 1 diabetes susceptibility loci with rheumatoid arthritis in Pakistani patients.
Immunogenetics - 1 Jun 2015
Kiani Aysha Karim, Jahangir Sidrah, Jahngir Sidrah, John Peter, Bhatti Attya, Zia Asima, Wang Xingbin, Demirci F Yesim, Kamboh M Ilyas
Abstract excerpt
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and type 1 diabetes (T1D) are two autoimmune disorders that have been reported to co-occur in the same subjects or in different subjects from the same family. This suggests the sharing of disease susceptibility loci between RA and T1D. This study was aimed to find out such susceptibility loci that are common in both T1D and RA in Pakistani population. A total of 366 Pakistanis comprising...
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