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Dense Genotyping of Immune-Related Regions Identifies Loci for Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk and Damage in African Americans.
Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) - 1 Sept 2017
Danila Maria I, Laufer Vincent Albert, Reynolds Richard J, Yan Qi, Liu Nianjun, Gregersen Peter K, Lee Annette, Kern Marlena, Langefeld Carl D, Arnett Donna K, Bridges S Louis
Abstract excerpt
Over 100 risk loci for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been identified in individuals of European and Asian descent, but the genetic basis for RA in African Americans is less well understood. We genotyped 610 African Americans with autoantibody positive RA and 933 African American controls on the ImmunoChip (iChip) array. Using multivariable regression we evaluated the association between iChip markers and the...
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