Vitiligo-associated multiple autoimmune disease is not associated with genetic variation in AIRE [1]

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 402-404

  Jin, Ying ^a   Bennett, Dorothy C ^b   Amadi Myers, Anita ^b   Holland, Paulene ^a   Riccardi, Sheri L ^a   Gowan, Katherine ^a   Fain, Pamela R ^a,c   Spritz, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

AIRE; Association; Autoimmune disease; Gene; Generalized vitiligo; SNPs

Indexed keywords

ADDISON DISEASE; AIRE GENE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHROMOSOME 21Q; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PSORIASIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THYROID DISEASE; VITILIGO;

ALLELES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS); VITILIGO;

EID: 34548576969     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: 16000749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.2007.00398.x     Document Type: Letter

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