Genome-wide association study of generalized vitiligo in an isolated european founder population identifies SMOC2, in close proximity to IDDM8

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 798-803

  Birlea, Stanca A ^a,b   Gowan, Katherine ^a   Fain, Pamela R ^a,c,d   Spritz, Richard A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER   (United States)

^d Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SMOC2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; FEMALE; GENE; GENOME; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VITILIGO;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOIMMUNITY; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; ROMANIA; VITILIGO;

EID: 76649118097     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2009.347     Document Type: Article

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