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Familial chilblain lupus, a monogenic form of cutaneous lupus erythematosus, maps to chromosome 3p.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Oct 2006
Lee-Kirsch Min Ae, Gong Maolian, Schulz Herbert, Rüschendorf Franz, Stein Annette, Pfeiffer Christiane, Ballarini Annalisa, Gahr Manfred, Hubner Norbert, Linné Maja
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Systemic lupus erythematosus is a prototypic autoimmune disease. Apart from rare monogenic deficiencies of complement factors, where lupuslike disease may occur in association with other autoimmune diseases or high susceptibility to bacterial infections, its etiology is multifactorial in nature. Cutaneous findings are a hallmark of the disease and manifest either alone or in association with internal-organ...
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