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Brief Report: Whole-Exome Sequencing for Identification of Potential Causal Variants for Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis.
Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) - 1 Sept 2016
Mak Angel C Y, Tang Paul L F, Cleveland Clare, Smith Melanie H, Kari Connolly M, Katsumoto Tamiko R, Wolters Paul J, Kwok Pui-Yan, Criswell Lindsey A
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OBJECTIVE: Scleroderma is a genetically complex autoimmune disease with substantial phenotypic heterogeneity. Previous genome-wide association studies have identified common genetic variants associated with disease risk, but these studies are not designed to capture rare or potential causal variants. Our goal was to identify rare as well as common genetic variants in patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic...
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