A candidate gene for psoriasis near HLA-C, HCR (Pg8), is highly polymorphic with a disease-associated susceptibility allele

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1533-1542

  Asumalahti, Kati ^a   Laitinen, Tarja ^a   Itkonen Vatjus, Raija ^b   Lokki, Marja Liisa ^c   Suomela, Sari ^d   Snellman, Erna ^e   Saarialho Kere, Ulpu ^d   Kere, Juha ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c FINNISH RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e PÄIJÄT HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA C ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0034640870     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/9.10.1533     Document Type: Article

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