The genetics of scleroderma

Current Rheumatology Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-20

  Martin, Javier ^b   Fonseca, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Genetics; Polymorphisms; Scleroderma; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; BANK1 PROTEIN; CENTROMERE PROTEIN ANTIBODY; DNA TOPOISOMERASE I ANTIBODY; FAM167A BLK PROTEIN; HLA DPB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 5; OX40 LIGAND; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; STAT4 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 8P; CTGF GENE; FAS GENE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; KCNA5 GENE; LUNG FIBROSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TNFAIP3 GENE; TNFSF4 GENE;

GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 79551533663     PISSN: 15233774     EISSN: 15346307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11926-010-0139-5     Document Type: Article

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