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Where do we stand with the genetics of psoriatic arthritis?
Current rheumatology reports - 1 Aug 2010
O'Rielly Darren D, Rahman Proton
Abstract excerpt
Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are interrelated heritable diseases. Polymorphisms in the genes encoded in the major histocompatibility complex region have consistently been associated with psoriasis and PsA and account for about 30% of the genetic risk. Recently, the results of multiple well-powered genome-wide association studies have identified several additional loci outside the major...
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