Novel Vitiligo Susceptibility Loci on Chromosomes 7 (AIS2) and 8 (AIS3), Confirmation of SLEV1 on Chromosome 17, and Their Roles in an Autoimmune Diathesis

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 188-191

  Spritz, Richard A ^a   Gowan, Katherine ^a   Bennett, Dorothy C ^b   Fain, Pamela R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDISON DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME 8; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATURITY ONSET DIABETES MELLITUS; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THYROID DISEASE; VITILIGO;

EID: 0345742508     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381134     Document Type: Letter

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