Identify the association between polymorphisms of BLK and systemic lupus erythematosus through unlabelled probe-based high-resolution melting analysis

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 321-327

  Chen, Y ^a   Wu, Q ^b   Shao, Y ^b,c   Zhang, J ^b,c   Guan, M ^d   Wan, J ^b,e   Yu, B ^b,c   Zhang, W ^a,b,e  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Biomedical Research Institute   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY SHENZHEN HOSPITAL   (China)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOID TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 84863580738     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2012.01094.x     Document Type: Article

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