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SUBMITTER: Bolin K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3873995 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bolin Karin K Sandling Johanna K JK Zickert Agneta A Jönsen Andreas A Sjöwall Christopher C Svenungsson Elisabet E Bengtsson Anders A AA Eloranta Maija-Leena ML Rönnblom Lars L Syvänen Ann-Christine AC Gunnarsson Iva I Nordmark Gunnel G
PloS one 20131227 12
Lupus nephritis is a cause of significant morbidity in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and its genetic background has not been completely clarified. The aim of this investigation was to analyze single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for association with lupus nephritis, its severe form proliferative nephritis and renal outcome, in two Swedish cohorts. Cohort I (n = 567 SLE cases, n = 512 controls) was previously genotyped for 5676 SNPs and cohort II (n = 145 SLE cases, n = 619 controls) was g ...[more]