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Polymorphisms in DNA repair genes XRCC1 and OGG1 lead to the progression of rheumatoid arthritis in Pakistani patients.
Pakistan journal of pharmaceutical sciences - 1 Jul 2016
Qadir Mirza Muhammad Fahd, Bhatti Attya, Khurshid Rabia, Ashraf Muhammad Usman, Anjum Sidrah, John Peter
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This study points at the elucidation of a possible association of Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with Ser326Cys in OGG1 Arg194Trp and Arg399Gln polymorphisms of XRCC1 using a sample size of 100 patients and 100 controls from a Pakistani population. This association was determined using Random Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis as well as the DAS scoring system. In RA, oxidative damage due to free radical production...
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