Familial clustering of polymorphic light eruption in relatives of patients with lupus erythematosus: Evidence of a shared pathogenesis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 334-338

  Millard, T P ^a   Lewis, C M ^a,c   Khamashta, M A ^a,b   Hughes, G R V ^a,b   Hawk, J L M ^a   Mcgregor, J M ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discoid lupus erythematosus; Family; Lupus erythematosus; Polymorphous light eruption; Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILIAL INCIDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTODERMATOSIS; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, CUTANEOUS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, DISCOID; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS;

EID: 0035111074     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2001.03897.x     Document Type: Article

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