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DNA repair and systemic lupus erythematosus.
DNA repair - 1 Aug 2017
Meas Rithy, Burak Matthew J, Sweasy Joann B
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease with no known cure that affects at least five million people worldwide. Monozygotic twin concordance and familial aggregation studies strongly suggest that lupus results from genetic predisposition along with environmental exposures including UV light. The majority of the common risk alleles associated with genetic predisposition to SLE map to...
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