Familial aggregation of lupus and autoimmunity in an unusual multiplex pedigree

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1495-1499

  Sestak, Andrea L ^a   Shaver, Timothy S ^a   Moser, Kathy L ^a   Neas, Barbara R ^a   Harley, John B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Genetics; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MEDICAL RECORD; NEPHRITIS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033021206     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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