Corneodesmosin gene polymorphism demonstrates strong linkage disequilibrium with HLA and association with psoriasis vulgaris

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 439-449

  Jenisch, Stefan ^a   Koch, S ^a   Henseler, T ^a   Nair, R P ^b   Elder, J T ^b,c   Watts, C E ^a   Westphal, E ^a   Voorhees, J J ^b   Christophers, E ^a   Kronke M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneodesmosin; Genetics; HLA antigens; HLA haplotypes; Psoriasis; S gene

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CORNEODESMOSIN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESQUAMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; TELOMERE;

ALLELES; COHORT STUDIES; EXONS; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSORIASIS;

EID: 0032723237     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.1999.540501.x     Document Type: Article

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