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Genetics of Behçet's disease: lessons learned from genomewide association studies.
Current opinion in rheumatology - 1 Jan 2014
Gül Ahmet
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Behçet's disease is a complex disease, and genetic susceptibility plays a critical role. This review aimed to discuss the recent genomewide association study (GWAS) findings and their implications to the pathogenesis of Behçet's disease. RECENT FINDINGS: GWAS data confirmed the major role of HLA-B51 in Behçet's disease susceptibility, and the discovery of epistatic interactions between HLA-B51...
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