The CTLA-4 -1661A/G and -1772T/C dimorphisms in Japanese patients with systemic sclerosis [1]

Rheumatology International

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 785-787

  Takeuchi, Fujio ^a   Nakaue, Naoko ^a   Kawasugi, Kaname ^a   Mori, Masaki ^a   Kuwata, Shoji ^b   Tanimoto, Kiyoaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CTLA 4; Japanese; Lung fibrosis; RNP; SSc

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; JAPANESE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; AUTOANTIGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 34248175910     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-006-0298-x     Document Type: Letter

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