Association of β-defensin copy number and psoriasis in three cohorts of European origin

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 132, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2407-2413

  Stuart, Philip E ^a   Hüffmeier, Ulrike ^b   Nair, Rajan P ^a   Palla, Raquel ^c   Tejasvi, Trilokraj ^a   Schalkwijk, Joost ^d   Elder, James T ^a   Reis, Andre ^b   Armour, John A L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS;

EID: 84866357684     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2012.191     Document Type: Article

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