Genetic variants in CTLA4 are strongly associated with alopecia areata

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1169-1172

  John, Karsten K G ^a   Brockschmidt, Felix F ^a   Redler, Silke ^a   Herold, Christine ^a   Hanneken, Sandra ^b   Eigelshoven, Sibylle ^b   Giehl, Kathrin A ^c   De Weert, Jozef ^d   Lutz, Gerhard ^e   Kruse, Roland ^f   Wolff, Hans ^c   Blaumeiser, Bettina ^g   Böhm, Markus ^h   Becker, Tim ^a,i   Nöthen, Markus M ^a   Betz, Regina C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e Hair and Nail   (Germany)

^f Dermatological Practice   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

ⁱ GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4;

ALOPECIA AREATA; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANCA ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GLYCOSYLATION; GRAVES DISEASE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 79954678367     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2010.427     Document Type: Letter

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