Rheumatoid arthritis is associated with rs17337023 polymorphism and increased serum level of the EGFR protein

• Chung-Ming Huang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Hsin-Han Chen,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Da-Chung Chen,

  Roles Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Taiwan LandSeed Hospital, Pingjen City, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Yu-Chuen Huang,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliations School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Genetics Center, Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Shih-Ping Liu,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Center for Neuropsychiatry, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Ying-Ju Lin,

  Roles Software

  Affiliations School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Genetics Center, Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Yuan-Yen Chang,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Hui-Wen Lin,

  Roles Data curation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Optometry, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Shih-Yin Chen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shih-Yin Chen, Fuu-Jen Tsai

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: chenshihy@gmail.com (SYC); d0704@mail.cmuh.org.tw (FJT)

  Affiliations School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Taiwan LandSeed Hospital, Pingjen City, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Fuu-Jen Tsai

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shih-Yin Chen, Fuu-Jen Tsai

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: chenshihy@gmail.com (SYC); d0704@mail.cmuh.org.tw (FJT)

  Affiliations School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Pediatrics, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Genetics, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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