Genetic analysis of autoimmune regulator haplotypes in alopecia areata

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 206-212

  Wengraf, D A ^a   McDonagh, A J G ^b   Lovewell, T R J ^a   Vasilopoulos, Y ^a   Macdonald Hull, S P ^c   Cork, M J ^a,b   Messenger, A G ^b   Tazi Ahnini, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Pontefract General Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; Autoimmune regulator gene; Autoimmunity

Indexed keywords

AIRE GENE; ALLELE; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 21Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC RISK; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATOR GENE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; ALOPECIA AREATA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLYENDOCRINOPATHIES, AUTOIMMUNE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 38849167508     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2007.00992.x     Document Type: Article

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