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SUBMITTER: Eyre S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3605761 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature genetics 20121111 12
Using the Immunochip custom SNP array, which was designed for dense genotyping of 186 loci identified through genome-wide association studies (GWAS), we analyzed 11,475 individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (cases) of European ancestry and 15,870 controls for 129,464 markers. We combined these data in a meta-analysis with GWAS data from additional independent cases (n = 2,363) and controls (n = 17,872). We identified 14 new susceptibility loci, 9 of which were associated with rheumatoid arthriti ...[more]