Adult-onset alopecia areata is a complex polygenic trait in the C3H/HeJ mouse model

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 294-297

  Sundberg, John P ^a,b   Silva, Kathleen A ^a   Li, Renhua ^a   Cox, Gregory A ^a   King, Lloyd E ^b  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaa1; Alaa2; Alaa3; Alaa4; Autoimmune disease; H2; HLA; Mouse models

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA AREATA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 8; CHROMOSOME 9; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; IMMUNOREGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 3242728308     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.23222.x     Document Type: Article

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