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Polymorphism in the LMP2 gene influences disease susceptibility and severity in HLA-B27 associated juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Apr 1996
Pryhuber K G, Murray K J, Donnelly P, Passo M H, Maksymowych W P, Glass D N, Giannini E H, Colbert R A
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the potential contribution of the MHC class II region proteasome subunit gene, LMP2, to disease susceptibility, severity, and phenotype in patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). METHODS: A CfoI restriction site polymorphism in the coding region of the LMP2 gene was evaluated in 279 patients with JRA and 107 healthy controls of similar ethnicity. Patients were divided into 5...
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