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Analysis of the association between CD40 and CD40 ligand polymorphisms and systemic sclerosis
María Teruel,
1 Carmen P Simeon,
2 Jasper Broen,
3 Madelon C Vonk,
3 Patricia Carreira,
4 Maria Teresa Camps,
5 Rosa García-Portales,
6 Esmeralda Delgado-Frías,
7 Maria Gallego,
8 Gerard Espinosa,
9 the Spanish Scleroderma Group,
10 Lorenzo Beretta,
11 Paolo Airó,
12 Claudio Lunardi,
13 Gabriela Riemekasten,
14 Torsten Witte,
15 Thomas Krieg,
16 Alexander Kreuter,
17 Jörg HW Distler,
18 Nicolas Hunzelmann,
16 Bobby P Koeleman,
19 Alexandre E Voskuyl,
20 Annemie J Schuerwegh,
21 Miguel Ángel González-Gay,
22 Timothy RDJ Radstake,
23 and Javier Martin
11Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, IPBLN-CSIC, Avda. del Conocimiento s/n. 18010, Granada, SpainArmilla (Granada), Spain
2Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Valle de Hebron, Passeig de la Vall d'Hebron 119 08035 Barcelona, Spain
3Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Comeniuslaan 4 6525 HP Nijmegen, The Netherlands
4Department of Rheumatology, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Avda. de Córdoba s/n 28041, Madrid, Spain
5Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Carlos Haya, Avda Carlos Haya s/n 29010 Málaga, Spain
6Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Virgen de la Victoria, Campus de Teatinos s/n 29010 Málaga, Spain
7Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Ctra. Cuesta-Taco, s/n 38320, La Cuesta, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canarias, Spain
8Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Central de Asturias, Celestino Villamil, s/n 33006 Oviedo, Spain
9Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clinic, Carrer de Villarroel, 170 08036 Barcelona, Spain
10See Acknowledgements
11Referral Center for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Via Francesco Sforza, 35 20122 and University of Milan, Via Festa del Perdono, 7 20122, Milan, Italy
12Rheumatology Unit and Chair, Spedali Civili, Università degli Studi, Piazzale Spedali Civili, 1 25123 Brescia, Italy
13Department of Medicine, Policlinico GB Rossi, Università degli studi di Verona, Via dell'Artigliere, 8 37129 Verona, Italy
14Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité University Hospital and German Rheumatism Research Centre, a Leibniz Institute, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
15Clinic for Immunology and Rheumatology Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str, 1 30625, Hannover, Germany
16Department of Dermatology, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str 62, 50924 Köln, Germany
17Department of Dermatology, Allergology, and Venereology, Ruhr University of Bochum, Stiepeler Straße 129 44801 Bochum, Germany
18Department of Internal Medicine 3, Institute for Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Schillerstraße 1 91054, Erlangen, Germany
19Section Complex Genetics, Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteitsweg Stratenum 3508 AB, Utrecht, The Netherlands
20Department of Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117 1081 HZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
21Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands
22Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, IFIMAV, Avda. Valdecilla, 25, 39008 Santander, Spain
23Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Utrecht Medical Center, Universiteitsweg 100 Stratenum 3508 AB, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Received March 16, 2012; Revised May 23, 2012; Accepted June 25, 2012.
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