Polymyalgia rheumatica is associated with both HLA-DRB1*0401 and DRB1*0404

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 632-635

  Haworth, S ^a   Ridgeway, J ^b   Stewart, I ^b   Dyer, P A ^a   Pepper, L ^c   Ollier, W ^c  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HLA DR4; Polymyalgia rheumatica; Thyroid antibodies

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; EPITOPE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

AGED; ALLELES; AUTOANTIBODIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0029947980     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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