Genetic association studies in systemic sclerosis: More evidence of a complex disease

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 903-905

  Fonseca, Carmen ^a   Denton, Christopher P ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 34248631939     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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