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A high-resolution linkage map of the tight skin 2 (Tsk2) locus: A mouse model for scleroderma (SSc) and other cutaneous fibrotic diseases

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    Present address: Thomas Jefferson University, Bluemle Life Sciences Building, 233 South 10th Street, Rm. 509, 19107-5541, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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  1. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, 19107, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    P. J. Christner, D. F. Hawkins, R. McGrath, J. K. Betz & S. A. Jimenez

  2. department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, 19107, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    L. D. Siracusa

  3. The Mammalian Genetics Unit, Medical Research Council, OX11 0RD, Harwell, Oxon, UK

    S. T. Ball & J. Peters

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Christner, P.J., Siracusa, L.D., Hawkins, D.F. et al. A high-resolution linkage map of the tight skin 2 (Tsk2) locus: A mouse model for scleroderma (SSc) and other cutaneous fibrotic diseases. Mammalian Genome 7, 610–612 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003359900181

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