Stochastic processes in the aetiopathogenesis of scleroderma

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 235-242

  Roberts Thomson, P J ^a   Walker, J G ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aetiopathogenesis; Autoimmunity; Random; Stochastic; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENE CASSETTE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HEREDITY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCLERODERMA; SEX RATIO; SOMATIC MUTATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TWIN CONCORDANCE;

AGE OF ONSET; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CAUSALITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84863408533     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2011.02706.x     Document Type: Review

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