The TRAF1/C5 locus confers risk for familial and severe alopecia areata

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 866-869

  Redler, S ^a   Brockschmidt, F F ^a   Forstbauer, L ^a   Giehl, K A ^b   Herold, C ^a   Eigelshoven, S ^c   Hanneken, S ^c   De Weert, J ^d   Lutz, G ^e   Wolff, H ^b   Kruse, R ^c   Blaumeiser, B ^f   Bohm M ^g   Becker, T ^a   Nothen M M ^a   Betz, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e Department of Dermatology University of Düsseldorf ^*  (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; Association study; Autoimmunity; TRAF1 C5

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED FACTOR 1; GENETIC MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEDIGREE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALOPECIA AREATA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPLEMENT C5; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TNF RECEPTOR-ASSOCIATED FACTOR 1; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949841181     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09598.x     Document Type: Article

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