KLK1 gene polymorphisms are not associated with lupus nephritis in a Chinese Han population

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1359-1360

  Zhou, Xu Jie ^a,b   Lv, Ji Cheng ^a,b   Zhao, Ming Hui ^a,b   Zhang, Hong ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; KLK1 GENE; LETTER; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TISSUE KALLIKREINS;

EID: 77953189307     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.091316     Document Type: Letter

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