Higher DEFB4 genomic copy number in SLE and ANCA-associated small vasculitis

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 992-995

  Zhou, Xu Jie ^a,b   Cheng, Fa Juan ^a,b   Lv, Ji Cheng ^a,b   Luo, Huan ^a,b   Yu, Feng ^a,b   Chen, Min ^a,b   Zhao, Ming Hui ^a,b   Zhang, Hong ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

AASV; DEFB4; Gene copy number; SLE

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 4;

ADULT; ANCA ASSOCIATED SMALL VASCULITIS; ANCA ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARALOGUE RATIO TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION ENZYME DIGEST VARIANT RATIO; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY-ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BETA-DEFENSINS; COHORT STUDIES; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861477402     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ker419     Document Type: Article

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