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GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TO SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS
1 Apr 1998
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Considerable evidence suggests that the development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has a strong genetic basis. Recent studies have emphasized that this disease, like other autoimmune diseases, is a complex genetic trait with contributions from major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes and multiple non-MHC genes. Etiologic genes in these disorders determine susceptibility, and no particular gene is...
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