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The early phase of psoriatic arthritis.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Mar 2011
McGonagle Dennis, Ash Zoe, Dickie Laura, McDermott Michael, Aydin Sibel Zehra
Abstract excerpt
Evaluation of the preclinical phases of the classic autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis has been facilitated by the availability of autoantibody and genetic markers that point firmly towards the early dysregulation of the adaptive immune responses. The association of psoriatic disease with the human leucocyte antigen-Cw0602 (HLA-Cw0602) gene has likewise led to the perception that autoimmunity has...
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