Serologic features of cohorts with variable genetic risk for systemic lupus erythematosus

• Main Authors: Jyotsna Bhattacharya (Author), Karalyn Pappas (Author), Bahtiyar Toz (Author), Cynthia Aranow (Author), Meggan Mackay (Author), Peter K. Gregersen (Author), Ogobara Doumbo (Author), Abdel Kader Traore (Author), Martin L. Lesser (Author), Maureen McMahon (Author), Tammy Utset (Author), Earl Silverman (Author), Deborah Levy (Author), William J. McCune (Author), Meenakshi Jolly (Author), Daniel Wallace (Author), Michael Weisman (Author), Juanita Romero-Diaz (Author), Betty Diamond (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with genetic, hormonal, and environmental influences. In Western Europe and North America, individuals of West African descent have a 3-4 fold greater incidence of SLE than Caucasians. Paradoxically, West Africans in sub...