No association between polymorphisms in the interleukin-15 gene and early-onset psoriasis in a UK cohort suggests heterogeneity for this susceptibility locus identified in Chinese psoriasis patients

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 128, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2904-2905

  Smith, Rhodri Ll ^a   Eyre, Steve ^a   Warren, Richard B ^a   Young, Helen S ^a   Griffiths, Christopher E M ^a   Worthington, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 15;

CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-15; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSORIASIS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 57349145907     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2008.148     Document Type: Letter

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