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Deconvoluting the heterogeneity of SLE: The contribution of ancestry.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Jan 2022
Owen Katherine A, Grammer Amrie C, Lipsky Peter E
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multiorgan autoimmune disorder with a prominent genetic component. Evidence has shown that individuals of non-European ancestry experience the disease more severely, exhibiting an increased incidence of cardiovascular disease, renal involvement, and tissue damage compared with European ancestry populations. Furthermore, there seems to be variability in the response of...
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