Variation in STAT4 is associated with systemic lupus erythematosus in a Finnish family cohort

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 883-886

  Hellquist, Anna ^a   Sandling, Johanna K ^b   Zucchelli, Marco ^a   Koskenmies, Sari ^c,d   Julkunen, Heikki ^d   D'Amato, Mauro ^a   Garnier, Sophie ^b   Syvänen, Ann Christine ^b   Kere, Juha ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAT4 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FINLAND; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWEDEN; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

COHORT STUDIES; FINLAND; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; STAT4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 77951536271     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.112284     Document Type: Article

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