HLA studies in fibromyalgia

Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 21-27

  Branco, Jaime C ^a   Tavares, Viviana ^b   Abreu, Isabel ^c   Correia, Maria Manuela ^d   Machado Caetano, J A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Hla antigens

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 0029684121     PISSN: 10582452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J094v04n03_03     Document Type: Article

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