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The effect of cigarette smoking on the clinical and serological phenotypes of polymyositis and dermatomyositis.
Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Dec 2018
Schiffenbauer Adam, Faghihi-Kashani Sara, O'Hanlon Terrence P, Flegel Willy A, Adams Sharon D, Targoff Ira N, Oddis Chester V, Ytterberg Steven R, Aggarwal Rohit, Christopher-Stine Lisa, Shamim Ejaz A, Dellaripa Paul F, Danoff Sonye K, Mammen Andrew L, Miller Frederick W
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Cigarette smoking is associated with immune-mediated disorders. We explored the contribution of smoking to polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM) phenotypes and attempted to determine whether cigarette smoking effects differ by race and genotype. METHODS: Associations of tobacco smoking with disease features, autoantibodies, HLA types, and race were evaluated using multiple logistic regressions in...
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