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Genetic epidemiology: Systemic lupus erythematosus
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Systemic lupus erythematosus is the prototype multisystem autoimmune disease. A strong genetic component of susceptibility to the disease is well established. Studies... -
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Insights into rheumatoid arthritis derived from the Sa immune system
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
The Sa system is a recently described immune system that has a specificity and positive predictive value of nearly 100% for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Asia, Europe... -
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Association of MHC and rheumatoid arthritis: Why is rheumatoid arthritis associated with the MHC genetic region? An introduction
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Association of MHC and rheumatoid arthritis: Why is rheumatoid arthritis associated with the MHC genetic region? An introduction -
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Rheumatoid arthritis viewed using a headache paradigm
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Results and new hypotheses in animal models often stimulate development of new paradigms in how we view rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The complexity of RA does, however,... -
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Assessment of Equine Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia (EAT) by flow cytometry
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Rationale Thrombocytopenia is a platelet associated process that occurs in human and animals as result of i) decreased production; ii) increased utilization; iii)... -
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What you should know about PR3-ANCA: An introduction
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) have become important diagnostic markers of small vessel vasculitides characterized by focal necrotizing lesions of... -
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Genetic linkage and transmission disequilibrium of marker haplotypes at chromosome 1q41 in human systemic lupus erythematosus
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by the production of autoantibodies to a wide range of self-antigens. Recent genome... -
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Cartilage-specific autoimmunity in animal models and clinical aspects in patients – focus on relapsing polychondritis
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Relapsing polychondritis is an autoimmune disease in which an inappropriate immune response destroys cartilage. Cartilage of the ears, larynx and nose rather than...