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Sex chromosome aneuploidies among men with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Journal of autoimmunity - 1 May 2012
Dillon Skyler P, Kurien Biji T, Li Shibo, Bruner Gail R, Kaufman Kenneth M, Harley John B, Gaffney Patrick M, Wallace Daniel J, Weisman Michael H, Scofield R Hal
Abstract excerpt
About 90% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are female. We hypothesize that the number of X chromosomes, not sex, is a determinate of risk of SLE. Number of X chromosomes was determined by single nucleotide typing and then confirmed by karyotype or fluorescent in situ hybridization in a large group of men with SLE. Presence of an sry gene was assessed by RT-PCR. We calculated 96% confidence...
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