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Recent Advances in Defining the Genetic Basis of Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Annual review of genomics and human genetics - 31 Aug 2016
Terao Chikashi, Raychaudhuri Soumya, Gregersen Peter K
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common inflammatory arthritis and exhibits genetic overlap with other autoimmune and inflammatory disorders. Although predominant associations with the HLA-DRB1 locus have been known for decades, recent data have revealed additional insight into the likely causative variants within HLA-DRB1 as well as within other HLA loci that contribute to disease risk. In addition, more...
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