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SUBMITTER: Coustet B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3404507 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Coustet Baptiste B Agarwal Sandeep K SK Gourh Pravitt P Guedj Mickael M Mayes Maureen D MD Dieude Philippe P Wipff Julien J Avouac Jerome J Hachulla Eric E Diot Elisabeth E Cracowski Jean Luc JL Tiev Kiet K Sibilia Jean J Mouthon Luc L Frances Camille C Amoura Zahir Z Carpentier Patrick P Meyer Olivier O Kahan Andre A Boileau Catherine C Arnett Frank C FC Allanore Yannick Y
The Journal of rheumatology 20110301 6
<h4>Objective</h4>Accumulating evidence shows that shared autoimmunity is critical for the pathogenesis of many autoimmune diseases. Systemic sclerosis (SSc) belongs to the connective tissue disorders, and recent data have highlighted strong associations with autoimmunity genes shared with other autoimmune diseases. To determine whether novel risk loci associated with systemic lupus erythematosus or multiple sclerosis may confer susceptibility to SSc, we tested single-nucleotide polymorphisms (S ...[more]