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A 3-factor epistatic model predicts digital ulcers in Italian scleroderma patients.
European journal of internal medicine - 1 Aug 2010
Beretta Lorenzo, Santaniello Alessandro, Mayo Michael, Cappiello Francesca, Marchini Maurizio, Scorza Raffaella
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BACKGROUND: The genetic background may predispose systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients to the development of digital ulcers (DUs). METHODS: Twenty-two functional cytokine single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and 3 HLA class I and II antigens were typed at the genomic level by polymerase chain reaction in 200 Italian SSc patients. Associations with DUs were sought by parametric models and with the Multifactor...
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