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IL2RA is associated with persistence of rheumatoid arthritis.
Arthritis research & therapy - 8 Sept 2015
van Steenbergen H W, van Nies J A B, Ruyssen-Witrand A, Huizinga T W J, Cantagrel Al, Berenbaum F, van der Helm-van Mil A H M
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INTRODUCTION: Although rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is generally a chronic disease, a proportion of RA-patients achieve disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD)-free sustained remission, reflecting loss of disease-persistence. To explore mechanisms underlying RA-persistence, we performed a candidate gene study. We hypothesized that variants associating with lack of radiographic progression also associate with...
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