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Familial aggregation of systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, and other autoimmune diseases in 1,177 lupus patients from the GLADEL cohort.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Apr 2005
Alarcón-Segovia Donato, Alarcón-Riquelme Marta E, Cardiel Mario H, Caeiro Francisco, Massardo Loreto, Villa Antonio R, Pons-Estel Bernardo A
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether there is familial aggregation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and/or other autoimmune diseases in SLE patients and to identify clinical differences between patients with and those without familial autoimmunity. METHODS: We interviewed members of the Grupo Latinoamericano de Estudio del Lupus Eritematoso (GLADEL) inception cohort of 1,214 SLE patients to ascertain whether they...
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