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Juvenile dermatomyositis: immunogenetics, pathophysiology, and disease expression.
Rheumatic diseases clinics of North America - 1 Aug 2002
Pachman Lauren M
Abstract excerpt
Data are rapidly accumulating documenting disease susceptibility may be linked to genetic markers (DQA1*0501 or related alleles) which are associated with upregulation of IFN-alpha/beta inducible genes elicited in response to an antigen which may be viral. Continued immune-mediated inflammation, resulting in partial lipodystrophy and pathological calcifications, may be fanned by the increased production of TNF...
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