Evidence for interaction between psoriasis-susceptibility loci on chromosomes 6p21 and 1q21 [8]

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1798-1800

  Capon, F ^a   Semprini, S ^a   Dallapiccola, B ^a   Novelli, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME 6P; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MARKER GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS;

EID: 0033358609     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302653     Document Type: Letter

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