Article
[Analysis of susceptibility genes to rheumatic diseases].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Feb 1999
Tsuchiya N, Tokunaga K
Abstract excerpt
Recent evidence suggests that most of the rheumatic diseases are complex or multifactorial diseases with contributions from HLA and multiple non-HLA genes. Studies using candidate gene approach suggested that early components of the complement pathway, Fc receptor IIa, IIIa, mannose-binding lectin, IL-10 and TNFR2 might be potential non-HLA susceptibility genes to systemic lupus erythematosus, although...
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