Rheumatoid arthritis: The genetic components

Damini Jawaheer, Peter K. Gregersen*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis is a multifactorial disease, with genetic, environmental, and stochastic components to its susceptibility. The search for susceptibility genes is still in progress. Preliminary results suggest the involvement of multiple genes, each with relatively modest effect. Genes within the major histocompatibility complex appear to have the strongest influence on disease susceptibility.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1-15
Number of pages15
JournalRheumatic Disease Clinics of North America
Volume28
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Rheumatology

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