Development of rheumatoid arthritis is not associated with two polymorphisms in the Crohn's disease gene CARD15.

INTRODUCTION: It has been proposed that genetic susceptibility loci for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may be shared with other autoimmune/inflammatory diseases. Recently, common variation in the CARD15 (NOD2) gene on chromosome 16q12 has been associated with Crohn's disease (CD) in several independ...

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Main Authors: Steer, S, Fisher, SA, Fife, M, Cuthbert, A, Newton, J, Wordsworth, P, Lewis, C, Mathew, C, Lanchbury, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2003