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2020.08.03
Association of the RPA3-UMAD1 locus with interstitial lung diseases complicated with rheumatoid arthritis. (Yukinori Okada G, in Ann Rheum Dis)
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It is known that the mortality rate of rheumatoid arthritis patients increases due to complications from interstitial pneumonia.
The research group led by Yukinori Okada (Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University/Statistical Immunology, IFReC) performed genome-wide association analysis (GWAS) for the patients with rheumatoid arthritis. They showed a genetic polymorphism at risk for complication of interstitial pneumonia exists on the chromosome 7.
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