Interferon-gamma gene polymorphisms associated with susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1247-1250

  Kim, Kwangwoo ^a   Cho, Soo Kyung ^b   Sestak, Andrea ^c   Namjou, Bahram ^c   Kang, Changwon ^a   Bae, Sang Cheol ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases   (South Korea)

^c OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEX RATIO; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; ALLELES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953715174     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.117572     Document Type: Article

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