A cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) gene polymorphism is associated with autoimmune Addison's disease in english patients

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 609-613

  Kemp, E H ^a,f   Ajjan, R A ^a   Husebye, E S ^b   Peterson, P ^c   Uibo, R ^d   Imrie, H ^e   Pearce, S H S ^e   Watson, P F ^a   Weetman, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDISON DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BASE PAIRING; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADDISON DISEASE; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENGLAND; ESTONIA; FINLAND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCONJUGATES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NORWAY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0031769359     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.00579.x     Document Type: Article

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