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Association of XRCC1 and OGG1 DNA repair gene polymorphisms with rheumatoid arthritis in Egyptian patients.
Gene - 1 Mar 2016
Mohamed Randa H, El-Shal Amal S, El-Shahawy Eman E, Abdel Galil Sahar M
Abstract excerpt
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease and can lead to deformities and severe disabilities, due to irreversible damage of tendons, joints, and bones. Previous studies indicated that the DNA repair system was involved in the pathology of RA. In this study, we investigated the association of two XRCC1 (X-ray repair cross-complementing group 1) (rs25487 and rs25489) gene polymorphisms and two OGG1...
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