HLA-DRB1 and DQB typing of Hispanic American patients with rheumatoid arthritis: The 'shared epitope' hypothesis may not apply

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1363-1368

  Teller, Katerina ^a   Budhai, Lalbachan ^a   Zhang, Meilin ^a   Haramati, Nogah ^a   Keiser, Harold D ^a   Davidson, Anne ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

MHC class II; Minorities; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HLA-DR4 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0029781943     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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