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Segregation of autoantibodies with disease in monozygotic twin pairs discordant for systemic sclerosis

Neil McHugh, Georgina Harvey, Jean Whyte, Jill Dorsey

Arthritis & Rheumatism · 1995 · 13 citations · 25 references

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Abstract

Autoantibodies of certain defined specificities are intimately linked with the development of SSc, because they segregate with SSc in individuals who start life with identical germline genes.

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