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The epidemiology of rheumatoid arthritis and the use of linkage and association studies to identify disease genes

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The Hereditary Basis of Rheumatic Diseases

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Worthington, J., Barton, A., John, S.L. (2006). The epidemiology of rheumatoid arthritis and the use of linkage and association studies to identify disease genes. In: Holmdahl, R. (eds) The Hereditary Basis of Rheumatic Diseases. Progress in Inflammation Research. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7419-5_2

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