FCGR3B copy number variation is associated with systemic lupus erythematosus risk in Afro-Caribbeans

Rheumatology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1206-1210

  Molokhia, Mariam ^a   Fanciulli, Manuela ^b   Petretto, Enrico ^b   Patrick, Alan Leslie ^c   McKeigue, Paul ^d   Roberts, Amy L ^e   Vyse, Tim J ^e   Aitman, Tim J ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC CLINICAL SCIENCES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Kavanagh St Medical Centre   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Admixture; African; Copy number variation; FCGR3B; SLE

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FCGR3B GENE; FEMALE; GENE; HUMAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CARIBBEAN REGION; COHORT STUDIES; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; GPI-LINKED PROTEINS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTORS, IGG; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959404686     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq456     Document Type: Article

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