Class I and class II major histocompatibility complex genes in Mexican patients with actinic prurigo [17]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1074-1075

  Zuloaga Salcedo, S ^a   Castillo Vazquez, M ^b   Vega Memije, E ^a   Arellano Campos, O ^b   Rodriguez Perez J M ^c   Perez Hernandez N ^c   Dominguez Soto L ^a   Hojyo Tomoka, T ^a   Vargas Alarcon G ^c   Granados, J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DR MANUEL GEA GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ACTINIC PRURIGO; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUN EXPOSURE;

FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENES, MHC CLASS II; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-DR4 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; PRURIGO;

EID: 34247350814     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.07801.x     Document Type: Letter

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