Susceptible and protective endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphism in alopecia areata in the Kuwaiti population

Autoimmunity

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 522-525

  AlFadhli, Suad ^a   Kharrat, Na Jla ^b   Al Tememy, Bader ^a   Nanda, Arti ^c   Rebai, Ahmed ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; ENOS; VNTR

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GENOMIC DNA;

AGE; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ELECTROPHORESIS; ETHNICITY; GENDER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; ALOPECIA AREATA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTRONS; KUWAIT; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 54549085795     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: 1607842X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08916930802113252     Document Type: Article

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