Assessing association of common variation in the C1Q gene cluster with systemic lupus erythematosus

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 284-289

  Rafiq, S ^a   Frayling, T M ^a   Vyse, T J ^b   Cunninghame Graham, D S ^b   Eggleton, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C1QA; C1QB; C1QC; complement concentrations; SLE

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; ARTICLE; C1Q GENE; C1QA GENE; C1QB GENE; C1QC GENE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EUROPE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; AGED; COMPLEMENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT C3; COMPLEMENT C4; GENE FREQUENCY; GREAT BRITAIN; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 77954639907     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2010.04185.x     Document Type: Article

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