Variation in the relative copy number of the TLR7 gene in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and healthy control subjects

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3375-3378

  Kelley, James ^a   Johnson, Martin R ^a   Alarcón, Graciela S ^a   Kimberly, Robert P ^a   Edberg, Jeffrey C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; GENOMIC DNA; LA ANTIBODY; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN ANTIBODY; RO ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TLR7 GENE;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 7; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 35348892229     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22916     Document Type: Article

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