Association analysis of LCE3C-LCE3B deletion in Tunisian psoriatic population

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 304, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 733-738

  Ammar, Myriam ^a   Bouazizi, Fatma ^a   Bouhaha, Rym ^a   Zaraa, Ines ^b   Kouidhi, Soumaya ^a   Ourheni, Slah ^c   Helms, Cindy ^d   Doss, Nejib ^e   Dhaoui, Raouf ^e   Ben Osman, Amel ^b   Ben Ammar El Gaaïed, Amel ^a   Marrakchi, Raja ^a   Mokni, Mourad ^b   Bouchlaka Souissi, Chiraz ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MILITARY HOSPITAL OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Association analysis; CNV; EDC deletion; Psoriasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPISTASIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LCE3B GENE; LCE3C GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSORIASIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TUNISIA;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORNIFIED ENVELOPE PROLINE-RICH PROTEINS; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINS; PSORIASIS; TUNISIA;

EID: 84871225416     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: 1432069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00403-012-1279-4     Document Type: Article

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