HLA Cw*06 is not essential for streptococcal-induced psoriasis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 850-853

  Fry, L ^a   Powles, A V ^a   Corcoran, S ^a   Rogers, S ^b   Ward, J ^c   Unsworth, D J ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Skin Hospital   (Ireland)

^c SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HLA Cw*06; Psoriasis; Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; HLA CW 06 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA CW6; HLA-CW6;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS GUTTATA; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; SKIN DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARYNGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSORIASIS; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSORIASIS; RECURRENCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 33645820057     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.07101.x     Document Type: Article

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