Association of CTLA-4 gene polymorphisms with systemic lupus erythematosus

Medical Journal of Wuhan University

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Yu, Xiangping ^a   Song, Jiquan ^a   Maji, Moses ^a   Cheng, Yanli ^a   Gao, Tingting ^a  

^a ZHONGNAN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diseases; CTLA 4; Gene polymorphism; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649736412     PISSN: 16718852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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