Only weak association between disease severity and HLA-DRB 1 genes in a Swiss population of rheumatoid arthritis patients

Rheumatology International

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-13

  Seitz, M ^a   Perler, M ^a   Pichler, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disease severity; HLA DRB 1 alleles; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; VASCULITIS;

ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0030014217     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01419948     Document Type: Article

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