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Disease progression in mothers of children enrolled in the Research Registry for Neonatal Lupus.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Jun 2009
Rivera T L, Izmirly P M, Birnbaum B K, Byrne P, Brauth J B, Katholi M, Kim M Y, Fischer J, Clancy R M, Buyon J P
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate autoimmune disease progression in asymptomatic and pauci-symptomatic mothers of children with neonatal lupus (NL). METHODS: Clinical information on mothers enrolled in the Research Registry for NL (RRNL) was obtained from medical records. Genotyping was performed for -308A/G tumour necrosis factor (TNF)alpha, 869T/C transforming growth factor (TGF)beta and -889C/T interleukin (IL)1alpha....
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