High c4 gene copy numbers protects against vogt-koyanagi-harada syndrome in chinese han

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1733-1737

  Hou, Shengping ^a,b,c   Qi, Jian ^a,b,c   Liao, Dan ^a,b,c   Fang, Jing ^a,b,c   Chen, Lu ^a,b,c   Kijlstra, Aize ^d   Yang, Peizeng ^a,b,c  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongqing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology   (China)

^c Chongqing Eye Institute   (China)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; C4 GENE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAN CHINESE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLIOMYELITIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIGIDITY; SCALP; TINNITUS; UVEITIS; VITILIGO; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; CHINA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; UVEOMENINGOENCEPHALITIC SYNDROME;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; COMPLEMENT C4; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UVEOMENINGOENCEPHALITIC SYNDROME;

EID: 84911415583     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2014-305596     Document Type: Article

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