Epidemiology and the genetics of psoriasis.

doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12386091

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Epidemiology and the genetics of psoriasis.

The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Jun 1994

Elder J T, Nair R P, Voorhees J J

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Several lines of compelling epidemiologic evidence indicate that susceptibility to psorasis is inherited, albeit not in a simple monogenic fashion. Psoriasis is one of a number of diseases with a presumed autoimmune pathogenesis that display significant human leukocyte antigen (HLA) associations....

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Alleles
HLA Antigens
Humans
Pedigree
Psoriasis

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