AIRE gene polymorphisms in systemic sclerosis associated with autoimmune thyroiditis

Clinical Immunology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-17

  Ferrera, F ^a   Rizzi, M ^a   Sprecacenere, B ^b   Balestra, P ^a   Sessarego, M ^b   Di Carlo, A ^c   Filaci, G ^a,b   Gabrielli, A ^c   Ravazzolo, R ^a,d   Indiveri, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

AIRE; Autoimmunity; Genetic susceptibility; Polymorphisms; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33845903564     PISSN: 15216616     EISSN: 15217035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2006.09.013     Document Type: Article

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