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Absence of correlation between IL-1 alpha intron 6 polymorphism and rheumatoid arthritis.
British journal of rheumatology - 1 Dec 1995
Bailly S, Hayem G, Fay M, Kahn M F, Gougerot-Pocidalo M A
Abstract excerpt
Several studies have implicated interleukin 1 alpha (IL-1 alpha) in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We analysed IL-1 alpha intron 6 polymorphism in relation to RA (50 patients with RA and 50 healthy controls). The study of a healthy control population confirmed the existence of the different alleles with a frequency similar to that in the Caucasian populations of northern England. Allele and...
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