Is there a higher genetic load of susceptibility loci in familial ankylosing spondylitis?

Several genetic risk variants for ankylosing spondylitis (AS) have been identified in genome-wide association studies. Our objective was to examine whether familial AS cases have a higher genetic load of these susceptibility variants.Overall, 502 AS patients were examined, consisting of 312 patients...

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Autores principales: Joshi, R, Reveille, J, Brown, M, Weisman, M, Ward, M, Gensler, L, Wordsworth, B, Evans, D, Assassi, S
Formato: Journal article
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2012