Genetics of behçet's disease in sardinia: Two distinct extended hla haplotypes harbour the B*51 allele in the normal population and in patients

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL.72, 2012, Pages

  Piga, Matteo ^a   Paladini, Fabiana ^b   Lai, Sara ^c   Erre, Gian Luca ^d   Passiu, Giuseppe ^d   Carcassi, Carlo ^c   Sorrentino, Rosa ^b   Mathieu, Alessandro ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beh et's disease; Genetics; HLA; HLA B51; Immunogenetics; TNF alpha

Indexed keywords

HLA A2 ANTIGEN; HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN; HLA E ANTIGEN; MOTILIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; HLA B51 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEREDITY; IMMUNOLOGY; ITALY; PHENOTYPE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

BEHCET SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HEREDITY; HLA-B51 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; ITALY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84873250197     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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