The genetics of psoriasis: A complex disorder of the skin and immune system

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1537-1545

  Bhalerao, Jayant ^a   Bowcock, Anne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME 20P; CHROMOSOME 4P; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KERATINOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SKIN; T LYMPHOCYTE; TWINS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PSORIASIS; RATS;

ANIMALIA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0031708739     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/7.10.1537     Document Type: Article

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