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Association of Genetic Variants in Pentraxin 3 Gene with Ankylosing Spondylitis.
Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research - 18 Aug 2016
Zhang Xu, Ding Wenyuan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND Pentraxin 3 is considered to play an important role in immune and inflammatory reaction. This study aimed to detect the effect of pentraxin3 gene (PTX3) polymorphisms on ankylosing spondylitis (AS) risk. MATERIAL AND METHODS The genotyping of PTX3 polymorphisms in 101 AS patients and 93 controls was conducted by allelic discrimination assay and the genotype distribution was assessed for Hardy-Weinberg...
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