Letter to the Editor
Journal of Investigative Dermatology (2005) 125, 395–396; doi:10.1111/j.0022-202X.2005.23802.x
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Gene PTPN22 Polymorphism in Psoriasis: Lack of Evidence for Association
Ioana Nistor*, Rajan P Nair*, Philip Stuart*, Ravi Hiremagalore*, Rachel A Thompson*, Stefan Jenisch†, Michael Weichenthal‡, Gonçalo R Abecasis§, Zhaohui S Qin§, Enno Christophers‡, Henry W Lim¶, John J Voorhees* and James T Elder*,
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- *Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- †Departments of Immunology and University of Kiel , Kiel, Germany
- ‡Departments of Dermatology, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
- §Department of Biostatistics, Center for Statistical Genetics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- ¶Department of Dermatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Department of Radiation Oncology (Cancer Biology), University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- #Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Correspondence: James T. Elder, 3312 CCGC, Box 0932, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0932, USA. Email: jelder@umich.edu
Received 18 February 2005; Revised 16 March 2005; Accepted 21 March 2005.
Abbreviations:
FBAT, family-based association test; GD, Graves disease; GRR, genotype relative risk; GRR1, genotype relative risk for carriers of one copy of the test allele; GRR2, genotype relative risk for carriers of two copies of the test allele; PDT, pedigree disequilibrium test; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus; SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism; T1D, type 1 diabetes; TDT, transmission/disequilibrium test
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