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A strong heritability of psoriatic arthritis over four generations--the Reykjavik Psoriatic Arthritis Study.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Nov 2009
Karason Ari, Love Thorvardur Jon, Gudbjornsson Bjorn
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OBJECTIVE: We have studied the prevalence of PsA in Reykjavik, Iceland, in a population-based cohort, and using the Icelandic genealogy database we have estimated the risk ratio (RR) spanning five generations. METHODS: The national identification numbers of all 220 living Icelanders in Reykjavik known to have PsA were linked with the genealogy database. RRs for developing PsA were estimated in first-degree...
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