HLA class II gene frequencies in Crohn's disease: A population based analysis in Germany

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Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 538-542

  Reinshagen, M ^a   Loeliger, C ^b   Kuehnl, P ^b   Weiss, U ^a   Manfras, B J ^a   Adler, G ^c   Boehm, B O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Disease heterogeneity; HLA; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0029923534     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.38.4.538     Document Type: Article

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