Genetic epidemiology systemic sclerosis

Arthritis Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 165-168

  Herrick, Ariane L ^a   Worthington, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Candidate genes; Genetic epidemiology; Scleroderma; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR2; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; FIBRILLIN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA DR1 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 8; INTERLEUKIN 8 RECEPTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR A; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR B; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ATROPHY; AUTOIMMUNITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036240743     PISSN: 14659905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar402     Document Type: Review

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