The X chromosome in female-predominant autoimmune diseases

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1110, Issue , 2007, Pages 57-64

  Invernizzi, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Immunopathogenesis; Monosomy; X chromosome; X chromosome inactivation

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MONOSOMY; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 35748975958     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1423.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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