Association of a haplotype of IRF5 gene with systemic lupus erythematosus in Chinese

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 360-362

  Siu, Ho On ^a   Yang, Wanling ^a   Lau, Chak Sing ^a   Chan, Tak Mao ^a   Wong, Raymond Woon Sing ^a   Wong, Wilfred Hing Sang ^b   Lau, Yu Lung ^b   Alarcon Riquelme, Marta E ^c  

^a Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 5;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLELE; ARGENTINA; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; EUROPE; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 5 GENE; LETTER; POLYADENYLATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 39549092431     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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