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NALP1 in vitiligo-associated multiple autoimmune disease.
The New England journal of medicine - 22 Mar 2007
Jin Ying, Mailloux Christina M, Gowan Katherine, Riccardi Sheri L, LaBerge Greggory, Bennett Dorothy C, Fain Pamela R, Spritz Richard A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases involve interactions between genetic risk factors and environmental triggers. We searched for a gene on chromosome 17p13 that contributes to a group of epidemiologically associated autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases. The group includes various combinations of generalized vitiligo, autoimmune thyroid disease, latent autoimmune diabetes in adults,...
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