Genetic polymorphisms of the HCR gene and a genomic segment in close proximity to HLA-C are associated with patients with psoriasis in Taiwan

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1104-1111

  Chang, Y T ^a,b   Shiao, Y M ^a   Chin, P J ^a   Liu, Y L ^c   Chou, F C ^d   Wu, S ^d   Lin, Y F ^c   Li, L H ^c   Lin, M W ^a,b   Liu, H N ^a,b   Tsai, S F ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^d TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

helix coiled coil rod homologue gene; Chinese; HLA Cw*0602; Psoriasis

Indexed keywords

HLA C ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ALPHA HELIX; ALPHA HELIX COILED COIL ROD HOMOLOGUE GENE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINS; PSORIASIS; RISK; TAIWAN;

EID: 3142756374     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.05972.x     Document Type: Article

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