Occurrence of organ-specific and systemic autoimmune diseases among the first- and second-degree relatives of Caucasian patients with connective tissue diseases: Report of data obtained through direct patient interviews

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1045-1048

  Mosca, Marta ^a   Carli, Linda ^a   d'Ascanio, Anna ^a   Tani, Chiara ^a   Talarico, Rosaria ^a   Baldini, Chiara ^a   Bazzichi, Laura ^a   Tavoni, Antonio ^a   Migliorini, Paola ^a   Bombardieri, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroid disease; Connective tissue diseases; Familial aggregation; Organ specific autoimmune diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CAUCASIAN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SACROILIITIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; VITILIGO;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC;

EID: 47349112971     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-008-0904-2     Document Type: Article

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