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Familial autoimmunity: maternal parent-of-origin effect in juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Feb 2008
Zeft Andrew, Shear Edith S, Thompson Susan D, Glass David N, Prahalad Sampath
Abstract excerpt
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is an autoimmune (AI) disease characterized by chronic arthritis in children. Children with JIA have increased prevalence of other AI diseases. Furthermore, relatives of children with JIA have been shown to have an increased prevalence of AI diseases. Our objective was to determine if there were differences in the prevalence of AI diseases among maternal and paternal relatives...
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