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Genetic Susceptibility to Systemic Sclerosis in the Greek-Cypriot Population: A Pilot Study.
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers - 1 May 2020
Chairta Paraskevi, Psarelis Savvas, Michailidou Kyriaki, Demetriou Christiana, Symeonidou Sofia, Nicolaou Paschalis, Christodoulou Kyproula
Abstract excerpt
Background: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), also known as scleroderma, is an autoimmune rheumatic disease, which is clinically subdivided into two major subgroups; limited (lcSSc) and diffuse cutaneous scleroderma (dcSSc). Even though the SSc etiologies remains unclear, some HLA and non-HLA genetic variants have been associated with the disease. Aim: This study was designed to evaluate the associations between several...
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