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Familial lupus in Tunisia: a series of 14 families.
Lupus - 1 Jan 2020
Chebbi D, Jallouli M, Snoussi M, Damak C, Frikha F, Ben Salah R, Loukil H, Marzouk S, Bahloul Z
Abstract excerpt
The relatively high prevalence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in familial cases supports genetic susceptibility to this disease. Although many advances have been made in the identification of new genes implicated in lupus pathogenesis, to date, there has been no large study of familial SLE. We report what we believe to be the first study of familial SLE in the North African population. The objectives of...
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