Psoriasis susceptibility locus in chromosome region 3q21 identified in patients from southwest Sweden

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 783-790

  Enlund, Fredrik ^c   Samuelsson, Lena ^c   Enerbäck, Charlotta ^a   Inerot, Annica ^a   Wahlström, Jan ^c   Yhr, Maria ^c   Torinsson, Åsa ^c   Riley, John ^b   Swanbeck, Gunnar ^a   Martinsson, Tommy ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Sahlgrenska University Hospital/East ^*

Author keywords

Chromosome 3; Psoriasis; TDT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 3Q; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SWEDEN;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; PSORIASIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032727075     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200365     Document Type: Article

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