Association study of BAK1 gene polymorphisms in Spanish rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus cohorts

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 314-316

  Díaz Gallo, Lina Marcela ^a   Garcia, Sonia ^a   Ortego Centeno, Norberto ^b   Jiménez Alonso, Juan ^c   Sánchez Román, Julio ^d   De Ramón, Enrique ^e   González Escribano, María F ^d   Balsa, Alejandro ^f   Fernández Gutierrez, Benjamín ^g   González Alvaro, Isidoro ^h   González Gay, Miguel A ⁱ   Martin, Javier ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PARASITOLOGÍA Y BIOMEDICINA LÓPEZ NEYRA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BCL 2;

AUTOIMMUNITY; BAK1 GENE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BCL-2 HOMOLOGOUS ANTAGONIST-KILLER PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84855345903     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-200062     Document Type: Letter

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