Low-frequency and rare genetic variants associated with rheumatoid arthritis risk.

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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has an estimated heritability of nearly 50%, which is particularly high in seropositive RA. HLA alleles account for a large proportion of this heritability, in addition to many common single-nucleotide polymorphisms with smaller individual effects. Low-frequency and rare variants, such as those captured by next-generation sequencing, can also have a large role in heritability in some...

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