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Chatzikyriakidou, A., Voulgari, P.V. & Drosos, A.A. Lack of association of the autophagy-related gene polymorphism ATG16L1 rs2241880 in RA predisposition. Rheumatol Int 34, 477–479 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-013-2726-z
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