RT - Article SR - Electronic T1 - SP - 2018-03-07 DO - 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-eular.4377 A1 - Nazarova, L.S., A1 - Danilko, K.V., A1 - Malievsky, V.A., A1 - Viktorova, T.V., YR - 2017 UL - https://repo.bashgmu.ru/publication/1062 AB - 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