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Is there a common genetic basis for autoimmune diseases?
Clinical & developmental immunology - 1 Jan 2000
Anaya Juan-Manuel, Gómez Luismiguel, Castiblanco John
Abstract excerpt
Autoimmune diseases (ADs) represent a diverse collection of diseases in terms of their demographic profile and primary clinical manifestations. The commonality between them however, is the damage to tissues and organs that arises from the response to self-antigens. The presence of shared pathophysiological mechanisms within ADs has stimulated searches for common genetic roots to these diseases. Two approaches...
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