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Sjögren syndrome genetics vary according to ancestry

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A pioneering new study scrutinising the genetic aetiology of Sjögren syndrome across different ancestries and clinical subtypes shows that the striking heterogeneity of associations observed in Sjögren syndrome cannot be explained by subphenotype differences alone.

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The authors' research is supported by the Research Council of Norway (240421/F20), the EU H2020 contract HarmonicSS (H2020-SC1-2016-RTD/731944) and the Broegelmann Foundation.

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  1. Department of Clinical Science, Tove Ragna Reksten and Roland Jonsson are at the Broegelmann Research Laboratory, University of Bergen, Laboratory Building, Jonas Lies vei 87, Bergen N-5021, Norway,

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  2. Tove Ragna Reksten is also at the Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, USA.,

    Tove Ragna Reksten

  3. Roland Jonsson is also at the Department of Rheumatology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen N-5021, Norway,

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Reksten, T., Jonsson, R. Sjögren syndrome genetics vary according to ancestry. Nat Rev Rheumatol 13, 202–203 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrrheum.2017.36

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