Clustering of autoimmune diseases in patients with rosacea

A Egeberg, PR Hansen, GH Gislason… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Rosacea is a common inflammatory skin condition that shares genetic risk loci
with autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and celiac disease. A
recent genomewide association study identified 90 genetic regions associated with T1DM,
celiac disease, multiple sclerosis, and/or rheumatoid arthritis, respectively. However, a
possible association with rosacea was not investigated. Objective We evaluated the
association between rosacea and T1DM, celiac disease, multiple sclerosis, and rheumatoid …