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Evidence for a susceptibility gene, SLEV1, on chromosome 17p13 in families with vitiligo-related systemic lupus erythematosus.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Dec 2001
Nath S K, Kelly J A, Namjou B, Lam T, Bruner G R, Scofield R H, Aston C E, Harley J B
Abstract excerpt
Both systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and vitiligo are autoimmune disorders that have strong evidence of complex genetic contributions to their etiology, but, to date, efforts using genetic linkage to find the susceptibility genes for either phenotype have met with limited success. Since autoimmune diseases are thought to share at least some of their genetic origins, and since only a small minority (16 of 92)...
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