Family and twin studies in systemic lupus erythematosus

Disease Markers

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-98

  Grennan, D M ^a,e   Parfitt, A ^a   Manolios, N ^a   Huang, Q ^a   Hyland, V ^d   Dunckley, H ^b   Doran, T ^b   Gatenby, P ^c   Badcock, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Red Cross Blood Bank   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e WRIGHTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family studies; HLA; SLE; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TWINS;

EID: 0031008047     PISSN: 02780240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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