TNF-238A is associated with juvenile onset psoriasis in patients of Han population in Southwest China [3]

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-111

  Long, Fuquan ^a,b   Sun, Chang ^c   Deng, Danqi ^b   Zhou, Xiaohong ^b   Li, Xue Ping ^b   Zhang, Ya Ping ^a,c  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSORIASIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 7044249356     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2004.08.004     Document Type: Letter

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