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Peptidyl arginine deiminase type IV (PADI4) haplotypes interact with shared epitope regardless of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody or erosive joint status in rheumatoid arthritis: a case control study

So-Young Bang1, Tae-Un Han2, Chan-Bum Choi1, Yoon-Kyoung Sung1, Sang-Cheol Bae1* and Changwon Kang2*

1 Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, 17 Hangdang-dong Seongdong-gu, Seoul 133-792, South Korea

2 Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 335 Gwahangno Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, South Korea

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Arthritis Research & Therapy 2010, 12:R115 doi:10.1186/ar3051

Published: 10 June 2010

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Supplementary tables S1-S2. Supplementary table S1: Interaction between PADI4 haplotypes and smoking in susceptibility to anti-CCP-positive and -negative RA. Supplementary table S2: Interaction between PADI4 haplotypes and smoking in susceptibility to erosive and non-erosive RA.

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