Genetic association of NALP1 with generalized vitiligo in Jordanian Arabs

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 302, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 631-634

  Alkhateeb, Asem ^a   Qarqaz, Firas ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Association; NALP1; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN NALP1; PROTEIN NLRP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VITILIGO;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ADULT; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; ARABS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SKIN; VITILIGO;

EID: 77958088176     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00403-010-1064-1     Document Type: Article

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