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Prevalence of a mutation causing C2 deficiency in systemic lupus erythematosus.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Jun 1994
Sullivan K E, Petri M A, Schmeckpeper B J, McLean R H, Winkelstein J A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: In an effort to establish whether a 28 base pair (bp) deletion in the gene for the 2nd component of complement (C2) constitutes a significant genetic risk factor for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), we determined the frequency of this mutation in SLE and control populations. The MHC associations of this mutation were also established. METHODS: Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to amplify DNA,...
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