A nonsense mutation in exon 2 of the DNase I gene is not present in UK subjects with systemic lupus erythematosus and Graves' disease: Comment on the article by Rood et al [7]

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3109-3110

  Simmonds, Matthew J ^a   Heward, Joanne M ^a   Kelly, M Ann ^a   Allahabadia, Amit ^a   Foxall, Helen ^a   Gordon, Caroline ^a   Franklyn, Jayne A ^a   Gough, Stephen C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; DNA EXTRACTION; EXON; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

CODON, NONSENSE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; EXONS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GRAVES DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 0036847102     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.10414     Document Type: Letter

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