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SUBMITTER: Juneblad K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3132030 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Juneblad Kristina K Johansson Martin M Rantapää-Dahlqvist Solbritt S Alenius Gerd-Marie GM
Arthritis research & therapy 20110316 2
<h4>Introduction</h4>The purpose of the present study was to investigate the frequency of the PTPN22 +1858 C/T single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) (rs 2476601), previously shown to be associated with several autoimmune diseases, in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in comparison with population based controls.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 291 patients (145 male/146 female, mean age (± S.D.) 52.2 (± 13.1) years) with PsA were examined clinically, by standard laboratory tests and their DNA was ...[more]