TY - JOUR AU - Teruel, María AU - Simeon, Carmen P AU - Broen, Jasper AU - Vonk, Madelon C AU - Carreira, Patricia AU - Camps, Maria Teresa AU - García-Portales, Rosa AU - Delgado-Frías, Esmeralda AU - Gallego, Maria AU - Espinosa, Gerard AU - Spanish Scleroderma Group AU - Beretta, Lorenzo AU - Airó, Paolo AU - Lunardi, Claudio AU - Riemekasten, Gabriela AU - Witte, Torsten AU - Krieg, Thomas AU - Kreuter, Alexander AU - Distler, Jörg H W AU - Hunzelmann, Nicolas AU - Koeleman, Bobby P AU - Voskuyl, Alexandre E AU - Schuerwegh, Annemie J AU - González-Gay, Miguel Angel AU - Radstake, Timothy R D J AU - Martin, Javier AU - BLANCO GARCIA, FRANCISCO JAVIER AU - Oreiro Villar, Natividad PY - 2012 SN - 1478-6354 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11940/754 AB - Introduction: The aim of the present study was to investigate the possible role of CD40 and CD40 ligand (CD40LG) genes in the susceptibility and phenotype expression of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods: In total, 2,670 SSc patients and 3,245... LA - eng KW - CD40 Antigens KW - CD40 Ligand KW - Genetic Predisposition to Disease KW - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide KW - Scleroderma, Systemic KW - Genotype TI - Analysis of the association between CD40 and CD40 ligand polymorphisms and systemic sclerosis. DO - 10.1186/ar3890 T2 - ARTHRITIS RESEARCH & THERAPY VL - 14 ER -