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The role of socioeconomic status in the susceptibility to develop systemic lupus erythematosus in Mexican patients.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Jul 2020
Salgado-Galicia Norma Alicia, Hernández-Doño Susana, Ruiz-Gómez Daniela, Jakez-Ocampo Juan, Zúñiga Joaquín, Vargas-Alarcón Gilberto, Acuña Víctor, Hernández María Teresa, Márquez-García José Eduardo, García-Lechuga Maricela, Llorente Luis, Lima Guadalupe, Pineda Carlos, Yu Neng, Yunis Edmond, Granados Julio
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INTRODUCTION: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune inflammatory disorder for which Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) genes are well-identified as risk factors. SLE patients have different phenotypes or clinical presentations, which vary among Mexicans. This variation could be explained by ethnicity and admixture. Since socioeconomic status probably limits and change the patterns of migration,...
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