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rs657075 (CSF2) Is Associated with the Disease Phenotype (BAS-G) of Ankylosing Spondylitis.
International journal of molecular sciences - 3 Jan 2017
Chen Wei-Chiao, Wei James Cheng-Chung, Lu Hsing-Fang, Wong Henry Sung-Ching, Woon Peng Yeong, Hsu Yu-Wen, Huang Jin-Ding, Chang Wei-Chiao
Abstract excerpt
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a systemic autoimmune disease mainly affecting the lumbar spine and sacroiliac joints, and exhibits peripheral inflammatory arthropathy. More than 25 loci have been identified as associated with AS. Because both AS and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are autoimmune diseases that may share some common genetic factors, we therefore examined if the newly identified RA genetic polymorphisms...
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