A 3-factor epistatic model predicts digital ulcers in Italian scleroderma patients

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 347-353

  Beretta, Lorenzo ^a   Santaniello, Alessandro ^a   Mayo, Michael ^c   Cappiello, Francesca ^a   Marchini, Maurizio ^a,b   Scorza, Raffaella ^a,b  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Digital ulcers; Epistasis; HLA; Petri nets; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIGITAL ULCER; EPISTASIS; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCLERODERMA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; ULCER; COMPLICATION; FINGER; GENE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; SKIN ULCER;

ADULT; CYTOKINES; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FINGERS; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 77955311023     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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