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Rheumatic diseases: environment and genetics.
Joint bone spine - 1 Dec 2009
Dieudé Philippe
Abstract excerpt
Rheumatology deals with many different entities among which dys/autoimmune diseases occupy a position of preponderance. This review focuses on the concept of complex genetic disease, which is illustrated by three different chronic inflammatory joint diseases: rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and systemic sclerosis. Genetic studies have established that a common genetic background is shared by...
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