Functional polymorphisms of the FAS gene associated with risk of vitiligo in Chinese populations: A case-control analysis

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 128, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2820-2824

  Li, Miao ^a   Sun, Dongjie ^a   Li, Chunying ^a   Zhang, Zhengdong ^b   Gao, Lin ^a   Li, Kai ^a   Li, Hong ^a   Gao, Tianwen ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VITILIGO;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD95; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VITILIGO;

EID: 57349106681     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2008.161     Document Type: Article

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