Associations of HLA-DRB and -DQB genes with two and five year outcome in rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 34-39

  Eberhardt, K ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030070401     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.55.1.34     Document Type: Article

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