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Primer: epigenetics of autoimmunity.
Nature clinical practice. Rheumatology - 1 Sept 2007
Richardson Bruce
Abstract excerpt
Interactions between environmental and genetic factors are proposed to explain why autoimmunity afflicts certain individuals and not others. Genes and genetic loci predisposing to autoimmunity are being identified, but theories as to how the environment contributes to autoimmunity still rely largely on examples such as drug-induced systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and epidemiologic evidence of occupational...
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