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Genetics of psoriasis in Iceland: evidence for linkage of subphenotypes to distinct Loci.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Jun 2005
Karason Ari, Gudjonsson Johann E, Jónsson Hjörtur H, Hauksson Valdimar B, Runarsdottir E Hjaltey, Stefansson Kari, Valdimarsson Helgi, Gulcher Jeffrey R
Abstract excerpt
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease with overlapping subphenotypes. It has a strong complex genetic component, but has been problematic to identifying significant loci. We evaluated 1000 patients with chronic plaque psoriasis and documented several subphenotypes. Here we report results of genome-wide linkage scans for psoriasis genes in 238 Icelandic families with 874 patients. MHC linkage was...
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