Association of HLA–Dw16 with rheumatoid arthritis in Yakima Indians. Further evidence for the “shared epitope” hypothesis

Arthritis & Rheumatism

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 43-47

  Willkens, Robert F ^a,b   Nepom, Gerald T ^a,b   Marks, Cara R ^a,b   Nettles, James W ^a,b   Nepom, Arbara S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HLA DW16 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BASE SEQUENCE; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HLA-D ANTIGENS; HUMAN; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026018724     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780340107     Document Type: Article

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