Association of interleukin-6 promoter polymorphism (-174 G/C) with systemic lupus erythematosus

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 867-868

  Li, Ruo Jie ^a   Pan, Hai Feng ^a   Wang, Chao ^a   Ye, Dong Qing ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; HISTONE ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 6;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; IRAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PORTUGAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 79959616617     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-011-1733-2     Document Type: Letter

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