title: Genetic and environmental factors in scleroderma.
abstract: This review discusses possible markers of scleroderma, including fibronectin gene mutations, major histocompatibility complex class II antigens, anti-Scl-70, and the Fc receptor. The association between genetic and environmental factors is also reviewed, as is a mouse model of human disease.
authors.affiliation: Oxford Transplant Centre, UK.
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Welsh
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Briggs
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004777:Environment; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers