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Recent advances in the immunogenetics of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy.
Arthritis research & therapy - 26 May 2011
Chinoy Hector, Lamb Janine A, Ollier William E R, Cooper Robert G
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This review summarizes the previous and current literature on the immunogenetics of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) and updates the research progress that has been made over the past decade. A substantial part of the genetic risk for developing adult- and juvenile-onset IIM lies within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), and a tight relationship exists between individual human leukocyte antigen...
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