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Patients with RA have high familial risk of other autoimmune diseases: concise summaries of recent journal articles chosen for clinical significance.

Publication: The Journal of Musculoskeletal Medicine
Publication Date: 01-APR-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Patients with RA have high familial risk of other autoimmune diseases: concise summaries of recent journal articles chosen for clinical significance.(MUSCULOSKELETAL: Citations)(rheumatoid arthritis)(Report)(Brief article)

Article Excerpt
There is extensive genetic sharing between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other autoimmune and associated diseases. Such sharing is evidenced by high familial risks of discordant autoimmune diseases in parents and offspring, singleton siblings, twins, and spouses.

Hemminki and associates used data from 47,361 patients with RA and their family...

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