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Screening the genome for rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility genes: A replication study and combined analysis of 512 multicase families

  1. Damini Jawaheer1,
  2. Michael F. Seldin2,
  3. Christopher I. Amos3,
  4. Wei V. Chen3,
  5. Russell Shigeta2,
  6. Carol Etzel3,
  7. Aarti Damle1,
  8. Xiangli Xiao1,
  9. Dong Chen2,
  10. Raymond F. Lum4,
  11. Joanita Monteiro1,
  12. Marlene Kern1,
  13. Lindsey A. Criswell4,
  14. Salvatore Albani5,
  15. J. Lee Nelson6,
  16. Daniel O. Clegg7,
  17. Richard Pope8,
  18. Harry W. Schroeder Jr.9,
  19. S. Louis Bridges Jr.9,
  20. David S. Pisetsky10,
  21. Ryk Ward11,
  22. Daniel L. Kastner12,
  23. Ronald L. Wilder13,
  24. Theodore Pincus14,
  25. Leigh F. Callahan15,
  26. Donald Flemming16,
  27. Mark H. Wener17,
  28. Peter K. Gregersen1,*

Article first published online: 3 APR 2003

DOI: 10.1002/art.10989

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Arthritis & Rheumatism

Arthritis & Rheumatism

Volume 48, Issue 4, pages 906–916, April 2003

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Jawaheer, D., Seldin, M. F., Amos, C. I., Chen, W. V., Shigeta, R., Etzel, C., Damle, A., Xiao, X., Chen, D., Lum, R. F., Monteiro, J., Kern, M., Criswell, L. A., Albani, S., Nelson, J. L., Clegg, D. O., Pope, R., Schroeder, H. W., Bridges, S. L., Pisetsky, D. S., Ward, R., Kastner, D. L., Wilder, R. L., Pincus, T., Callahan, L. F., Flemming, D., Wener, M. H. and Gregersen, P. K. (2003), Screening the genome for rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility genes: A replication study and combined analysis of 512 multicase families. Arthritis & Rheumatism, 48: 906–916. doi: 10.1002/art.10989

Author Information

  1. 1

    Center for Genomics and Human Genetics, Manhasset, New York

  2. 2

    University of California at Davis

  3. 3

    University of Texas, Houston

  4. 4

    University of California at San Francisco

  5. 5

    University of California at San Diego

  6. 6

    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington

  7. 7

    University of Utah, Salt Lake City

  8. 8

    Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois

  9. 9

    University of Alabama at Birmingham

  10. 10

    Durham Veterans Administration Hospital, and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

  11. 11

    University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

  12. 12

    NIH/National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland

  13. 13

    MedImmune, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland

  14. 14

    Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

  15. 15

    University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  16. 16

    National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland

  17. 17

    University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle

*Center for Genomics and Human Genetics, North Shore–LIJ Research Institute, 350 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 3 APR 2003
  2. Article first published online: 3 APR 2003
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 8 JAN 2003
  4. Manuscript Received: 12 SEP 2002

Funded by

  • National Arthritis Foundation
  • NIH
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Grant Numbers: N01-AR-7-2232, R01-AR44222
  • National Center for Research Resources (USPHS grants). Grant Numbers: 5-M01-RR-00079, 1-P41-RR-03655

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