Association of the IRF5 risk haplotype with high serum interferon-alpha activity in systemic lupus erythematosus patients.

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Published in Arthritis Rheum on August 01, 2008

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Timothy B Niewold1, Jennifer A Kelly, Marie H Flesch, Luis R Espinoza, John B Harley, Mary K Crow

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1: University of Chicago, Section of Rheumatology, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. tniewold@medicine.bsd.uchicago <tniewold@medicine.bsd.uchicago>

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