Increased frequency of Ig heavy-chain HS1,2-A enhancer *2 allele in dermatitis herpetiformis, plaque psoriasis, and psoriatic arthritis

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 128, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1920-1924

  Cianci, Rossella ^a   Giambra, Vincenzo ^b   Mattioli, Claudia ^b   Esposito, Maria ^c   Cammarota, Giovanni ^a   Scibilia, Graziella ^d   Magazzù, Giuseppe ^d   Orlando, Ambrogio ^e   Sandri, Giancarlo ^f   Bianchi, Luca ^c   Gasbarrini, Giovanni Battista ^a   Pandolfi, Franco ^a   Frezza, Domenico ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^e VILLA SOFIA CERVELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f S EUGENIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEAVY CHAIN; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS VULGARIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS;

EID: 47349097874     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2008.40     Document Type: Article

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