A Genome-Wide SNP Linkage Analysis Suggests a Susceptibility Locus on 6p21 for Ankylosing Spondylitis and Inflammatory Back Pain Trait.

To screen susceptibility loci for ankylosing spondylitis (AS) using an affected-only linkage analysis based on high-density single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a genome-wide manner.AS patients from ten families with Cantonese origin of China were enrolled in the study. Blood samples were genot...

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Main Authors: Yanli Zhang, Zetao Liao, Qiujing Wei, Yunfeng Pan, Xinwei Wang, Shuangyan Cao, Zishi Guo, Yuqiong Wu, Ju Rong, Ou Jin, Manlong Xu, Zhiming Lin, Jieruo Gu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5156442?pdf=render