Genetic and environmental factors in scleroderma.
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.
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Oxford Transplant Centre, UK.
Briggs
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D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004777:Environment; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*
D005819:Genetic Markers