Publication date: 2017

DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-eular.4377

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic rheumatic disease in children. The exact cause of the disease is still unknown, but seems to be related to both genetic and environmental factors [1]. The protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 22 (PTPN22) gene single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs2476601 was shown to be associated with JIA in different populations, but according to resent reports this association is restricted only to females

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