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SUBMITTER: Bowes J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3396450 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bowes John J Ho Pauline P Flynn Edward E Ali Faisal F Marzo-Ortega Helena H Coates Laura C LC Warren Richard B RB McManus Ross R Ryan Anthony W AW Kane David D Korendowych Eleanor E McHugh Neil N FitzGerald Oliver O Packham Jonathon J Morgan Ann W AW Bruce Ian N IN Barton Anne A
Annals of the rheumatic diseases 20120210 8
<h4>Objective</h4>A number of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) susceptibility genes have been identified in recent years. Given the overlap in phenotypic expression of synovial joint inflammation between RA and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), the authors explored whether RA susceptibility genes are also associated with PsA.<h4>Methods</h4>56 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) mapping to 41 genes previously reported as RA susceptibility loci were selected for investigation. PsA was defined as an inflamma ...[more]