There is no association of CCR6 polymorphisms with susceptibility to Behçet's disease in two Chinese Han populations

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1603-1606

  Yi, Xianglong ^a,b   Yang, Peizeng ^a   Du, Liping ^a   Jiang, Zhenxuan ^a   Li, Fuzhen ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CCR6 GENE; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENITAL ULCER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DEFECT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BEHCET SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, CCR6; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054915307     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-300018     Document Type: Article

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