Meta-analysis confirms a role for deletion in FCGR3B in autoimmune phenotypes

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2370-2376

  McKinney, Cushla ^a   Merriman, Tony R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; FCGR3B GENE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GPI-LINKED PROTEINS; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, IGG; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 84860478777     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/dds039     Document Type: Article

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