The interleukin 6 receptor alpha gene polymorphisms are associated with clinical manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus in Koreans

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 356-360

  Jeon, J Y ^a   Kim, K Y ^a   Kim, H A ^a   Suh, C H ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYSTEINE; GLYCINE; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR ALPHA; THREONINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; KOREA; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RASH; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LYMPHOPENIA; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-6; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84883657461     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/iji.12041     Document Type: Article

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