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Update on the genetics of the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
1 Nov 2000
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A number of lines of investigation suggest that, as is likely the case for other autoimmune diseases, the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) develop as a result of specific environmental exposures in genetically susceptible individuals. Current data imply that multiple genes are involved in the etiology of these complex disorders. Targeted gene studies and whole genome approaches have begun to identify...
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