PTPN22 R620W minor allele is a genetic risk factor for giant cell arteritis.
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Published in RMD Open on April 07, 2016
Authors
Susan Lester1, Alex W Hewitt2, Carlee D Ruediger1, Linda Bradbury3, Elisabeth De Smit4, Michael D Wiese5, Rachel Black6, Andrew Harrison7, Graeme Jones8, Geoffrey O Littlejohn9, Tony R Merriman10, Bain Shenstone11, Malcolm D Smith12, Maureen Rischmueller1, Matthew A Brown3, Catherine L Hill13
Author Affiliations
1: Department of Rheumatology, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville South, South Australia, Australia; Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
2: Genetics and Population Health , University of Western Australia , Perth, Western Australia , Australia.
3: Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, Qld, Australia; University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, Qld, Australia.
4: Centre for Eye Research , Melbourne, Victoria , Australia.
5: School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia , Australia.
6: Department of Rheumatology , The Queen Elizabeth Hospital , Woodville South, South Australia , Australia.
7: Department of Medicine , University of Otago Wellington , Wellington , New Zealand.
8: Department of Rheumatology , Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania , Hobart, Tasmania , Australia.
9: Department of Rheumatology , Monash Medical Centre , Clayton, Victoria , Australia.
10: Department of Biochemistry , University of Otago , Dunedin , New Zealand.
11: Department of Rheumatology Concord Hospital, Concord, New South Wales , Australia.
12: Department of Medicine , Flinders Medical Centre and Repatriation General Hospital , Adelaide, South Australia , Australia.
13: Department of Rheumatology, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville South, South Australia, Australia; Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; The Health Observatory, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.