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The Genetics of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis.
The Journal of rheumatology. Supplement - 1 Jun 2019
O'Rielly Darren D, Jani Meghna, Rahman Proton, Elder James T
Abstract excerpt
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory arthritis that manifests in 20-30% of patients diagnosed with psoriasis. Epidemiologic studies suggest a substantial genetic contribution to PsA. There is a strong need for genome-wide association studies on patients with PsA, including PsA-weighted or specific variants, and a need for a better understanding of the relevance of HLA alleles in disease expression....
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