A genetic marker within the CD44 gene confirms linkage at 11p13 in African-American families with lupus stratified by thrombocytopenia, but genetic association with CD44 is not present

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages S86-S88

  Kaufman, K M ^a,b   Rankin, J ^a   Harley, I T W ^a   Kelly, J A ^a   Harley, J B ^a,b,c   Scofield, R H ^a,b,c  

^a OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; CD44; SLE

Indexed keywords

HERMES ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TANDEM REPEAT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTIGENS, CD44; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LOD SCORE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 34547396536     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363887     Document Type: Article

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