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Familial autoimmunity in systemic sclerosis -- results of a French-based case-control family study.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Mar 2012
Koumakis Eugénie, Dieudé Philippe, Avouac Jérôme, Kahan André, Allanore Yannick
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of autoimmune diseases in first-degree relatives of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), and to compare those results with control families in order to identify patterns of autoimmune diseases in relatives. METHODS: A retrospective case-control postal questionnaire survey was performed in France to recruit patients with SSc belonging to an association of patients with SSc...
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