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Parental history of lupus and rheumatoid arthritis and risk in offspring in a nationwide cohort study: does sex matter?
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Apr 2013
Somers Emily C, Antonsen Sussie, Pedersen Lars, Sørensen Henrik Toft
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OBJECTIVES: To examine the familial risk of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), including juvenile rheumatoid/idiopathic arthritis (JRA), in a population-based setting; and to determine whether patterns of transmission differ according to the sex of the parent or offspring, in order to provide insight into the potential impact of X-chromosomal factors on sex disparities in these...
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