Epistatic effects occurring among susceptibility and protective MHC genes in IgA deficiency

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 316-320

  Martinez A ^a   Gual, L ^a   Fernandez Arquero M ^a   Nogales, A ^b   Ferreira, A ^c   Garcia Rodriguez, M C ^c   Fontan, G ^c   de la Concha, E G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Haplotypes; IgA deficiency; MHC; RPEs

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; HLA DR7 ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; HLA D ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNOLOGY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; ALLELE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GENE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; RISK;

ALLELES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-D ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IGA DEFICIENCY; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 1542705166     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363955     Document Type: Article

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