Linkage and association studies of single-nucleotide polymorphism-tagged tumor necrosis factor haplotypes in juvenile oligoarthritis.

OBJECTIVE: The presence of increased levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) in serum and synovial fluid of patients and the encouraging outcome of anti-TNF therapy have implicated TNFalpha in the etiopathogenesis of juvenile oligoarthritis. Although the locus is polymorphic, no study has investigate...

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Main Authors: Zeggini, E, Thomson, W, Kwiatkowski, D, Richardson, A, Ollier, W, Donn, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2002