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Research progress on genetics of Behcet's disease

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  • Department of Oral Mucosa, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, The Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200001, China

Online published: 2010-09-27

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Shanghai Science and Technology Committee Foundation, 08DZ2271100

Abstract

Behcet's disease, also named as Behcet's syndrome, always involves oral mucosa, eyes and genitals. It is an autoimmune disease with undetermined etiology. The occurrence of Behcet's disease varies in regions and races, and exhibits the tendency of familial aggregation. Therefore, the researches on genetics of Behcet's disease play an important role in the early diagnosis and exploration of novel treatment methods. The research progress on genetics of Behcet's disease is reviewed in this paper.

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XUE Ting-jun . Research progress on genetics of Behcet's disease[J]. Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Medical Science), 2010 , 30(9) : 1160 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8115.2010.09.034

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