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Mechanisms of disease: Genetic susceptibility and environmental triggers in the development of rheumatoid arthritis.
Nature clinical practice. Rheumatology - 1 Aug 2006
Klareskog Lars, Padyukov Leonid, Lorentzen Johnny, Alfredsson Lars
Abstract excerpt
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a complex disease in which environmental agents are thought to interact with genetic factors that influence susceptibility. This interaction triggers immunologic events that eventually result in the clinical signs of arthritis. Knowledge of the chain of etiological events that lead to the development of RA is incomplete. In this review, we describe the experimental approaches that are...
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