Are there specific genetic risk factors for the different forms of ANCA-associated vasculitis?

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 707-708

  Arning, Larissa ^a   Holle, Julia Ulrike ^b,c   Harper, Lorraine ^d   Millar, David S ^e   Gross, Wolfgang Ludwig ^b,c   Epplen, Jörg Thomas ^a   Wieczorek, Stefan ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c Klinikum Bad Bramstedt   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DPB1 ANTIGEN; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ANCA ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; CAUCASIAN; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ANTI-NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY-ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-DP ANTIGENS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79952328826     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2010.130971     Document Type: Letter

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