Genetic Epidemiology of Psoriasis

Current Dermatology Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-78

  Gupta, Rashmi ^a   Debbaneh, Maya G ^a,b   Liao, Wilson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genetic; Pathogenesis; Prevalence; Psoriasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIPSORIASIS AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLONIDINE; DIGOXIN; FLUOXETINE; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA B13 ANTIGEN; HLA B57 ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA CW2 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 23 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; LITHIUM; METHOTREXATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; STAT2 PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED FACTOR 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PSORS1 GENE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH17 CELL; TWINS;

EID: 84942925053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21624933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13671-013-0066-6     Document Type: Review

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