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Manchester researchers identify gene behind rheumatoid arthritis
11-04-2007 · EurekAlert!University of Manchester researchers have identified a genetic variant in a region on chromosome 6 that is associated with rheumatoid arthritis, the most common inflammatory arthritis affecting 387,000 people in the UK.
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