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SUBMITTER: Tarakji I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6210524 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tarakji Iman I Habbal Wafa W Monem Fawza F
The open rheumatology journal 20181024
<h4>Background</h4><i>STAT4</i> rs7574865 polymorphism has been evidently associated with susceptibility to Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) in European and Eastern Asian populations, whereas studies in other countries reported otherwise.<h4>Objective</h4>We investigated the distribution of <i>STAT4</i> rs7574865 polymorphism in a group of Syrian RA patients.<h4>Methods</h4>Eighty-one RA patients and forty healthy controls were enrolled and <i>STAT4</i> rs7574865 was genotyped by direct sequencing. RA ...[more]