Complement C4B null allele status confers risk for systemic lupus erythematosus in a Spanish population

European Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 317-320

  Naves, M ^a   Hajeer, A H ^b   Teh, L S ^c   Davies, E J ^b   Ordi Ros, J ^d   Perez Pemen, P ^d   Vilardel Tarres, M ^d   Thomson, W ^b   Worthington, J ^b   Ollier, W E R ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^b Stopford Building   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPLEMENT C4B; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 15444348054     PISSN: 09607420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2370.1998.00110.x     Document Type: Article

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