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Ficolin Gene Polymorphisms in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Jan 2016
Addobbati Catarina, de Azevêdo Silva Jaqueline, Tavares Nathália A C, Monticielo Odirlei, Xavier Ricardo M, Brenol João Carlos T, Crovella Sergio, Chies José Artur B, Sandrin-Garcia Paula
Abstract excerpt
Systemic lupus erythemathosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are complex autoimmune diseases characterized by an immune balance breakdown and by chronic inflammation. Several findings link SLE and RA development with the complement system and ficolin components have emerged as candidates for disease development. Since genetic association studies with ficolin genes in SLE and RA have not yet been conducted in...
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