The HLA-DQ7 and -DQ8 associations in DR4-positive rheumatoid arthritis patients

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 494-500

  Fugger, L ^a,b   Svejgaard, A ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

HLA association; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0030670206     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1997.tb02905.x     Document Type: Article

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