Genetic epidemiology of vitiligo: A study of 815 probands and their families from south China

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1176-1181

  Sun, Xiukun ^a   Xu, Aie ^a   Wei, Xiaodong ^a   Ouyang, Jie ^a   Lu, Liangjun ^a   Chen, Meihua ^a   Zhang, Dimin ^a  

^a THE THIRD PEOPLE S HOSPITAL OF HANGZHOU   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC MODEL; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; VITILIGO;

ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VITILIGO;

EID: 33749851004     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.02907.x     Document Type: Article

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