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The rate and significance of type 1/type 2 serum amyloid A protein gene polymorphisms in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and amyloidosis

Authors:	Gozde Yildirim Cetin Eda Ganiyusufoglu Dilek Solmaz Yonca Cagatay Sibel Yılmaz Oner Burak Erer

Affiliation:	1. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and gozdeyildirimcetin@gmail.com;3. Department of Biochemistry Research Laboratory, School of Medicine, Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey,;4. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izm?r, Turkey,;5. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, B?l?m University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey,;6. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey,;7. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey,

Abstract:	A relationship between the presence of amyloidosis and SAA1 genotype has been shown in recent studies of (principally) familial Mediterranean fever patients. We found that the SAA1 rs12218 polymorphism was significantly more prevalent in ankylosing spondylitis patients with amyloidosis.

Keywords:	Amyloidosis ankylosing spondylitis type 1/type 2 serum amyloid A protein genes