Genetic epidemiology: disease susceptibility and severity.

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Genetic factors are increasingly recognized to have an important contribution to the occurrence of both inflammatory and noninflammatory rheumatic disease. Although identifying the specific genetic mechanisms involved in the rheumatic diseases continues to present considerable challenges, the prospect of identifying individual gene action has been brought closer by a number of recent developments. These include...

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