Re: Autoimmunity - The Common Thread - AARDA InFocus Article

[Guest guest]

An absolutely marvelous essay, a! Thank you for sending it. It's

important reading for all of us here.

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[Guest guest]

It really helps understand autoimmunity. I just wonder now that the

twins report came out saying

that RA is not genetic, it is environmental, if he will rewrite this

essay.

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> An absolutely marvelous essay, a! Thank you for sending it. It's

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[Guest guest]

I'm not sure that twin study from Denmark rules out the genetic

contribution to the development of RA, a. Check out this response to

that study:

http://bmj.com/cgi/eletters/324/7332/264#20221

Although the study is very interesting, it has several serious

limitations.

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[Guest guest]

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It will be very interesting to follow this and read the varying

opinions. Here's another one that is a little easier to understand:

http://www.healthtalk.com/news/index.cfm?net=rain & sid=505815

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> I'm not sure that twin study from Denmark rules out the genetic

> contribution to the development of RA, a. Check out this

response to

> that study:

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> http://bmj.com/cgi/eletters/324/7332/264#20221

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> Although the study is very interesting, it has several serious

> limitations.

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