A replication study of the association between rheumatoid arthritis and deletion of the late cornified envelope genes LCE3B and LCE3C.

A replication study of the association between rheumatoid arthritis and deletion of the late cornified envelope genes LCE3B and LCE3C.

<h4>Objective</h4>Two recent studies, in a Spanish and a Chinese population, point to an association between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) risk and the deletion of the Late Cornified Envelope (LCE) 3B and 3C genes (LCE3C_LCE3B-del), a known risk factor for psoriasis. We aimed to replicate th...

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Main Authors: Judith G M Bergboer, Maša Umićević-Mirkov, Jaap Fransen, Martin den Heijer, Barbara Franke, Piet L C M van Riel, Joost Schalkwijk, Marieke J H Coenen, Nijmegen Biomedical Study principal investigators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22384135/?tool=EBI

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