Association of complement alleles C4AQO and C4B5 with rheumatoid arthritis in Koreans

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 776-778

  Park, Myoung Hee ^a   Oh, Myoung Don ^a   Song, Yeong Wook ^a   Pai, Hyun Joo ^a   Takeuchi, Fujio ^b   Tokunaga, Katsushi ^c   Hong, Gi Hyun ^d   Park, Kyoung Sook ^d  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Sungshin Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4A; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGENETICS; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0029828187     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.55.10.776     Document Type: Article

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