Genetic and environmental factors in polymyalgia rheumatica

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 576-577

  Cimmino, Marco A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b DIMI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030763729     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.56.10.576     Document Type: Short Survey

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