Local skin gene expression reflects both local and systemic skin disease in patients with systemic sclerosis

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 377-379

  Rice, Lisa M ^a   Stifano, Giuseppina ^a   Ziemek, Jessica ^a   Lafyatis, Robert ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION ASSAY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG; LETTER; MALE; MARKER GENE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN FIBROSIS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

EID: 84961923078     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kev335     Document Type: Letter

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