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Genomic instability in scleroderma.
Asian Pacific journal of allergy and immunology - 1 Jan 2000
Roberts-Thomson P J, Male D A, Walker J G, Cox S R, Shen X, Smith M D, Ahern M J, Turner D R
Abstract excerpt
Scleroderma is an enigmatic rheumatic disorder of uncertain etio-pathogenesis. Cancer has an approximately two-fold higher incidence in scleroderma patients than in the general population. There are preliminary data of acquired genetic damage in scleroderma but the significance of these observations are uncertain. To determine somatic mutation frequency at the glycophorin-A (GPA) locus in patients with limited...
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