Tumor necrosis factor locus polymorphisms in rheumatoid arthritis

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 303-307

  Field, M ^a   Gallagher, G ^a   Eskdale, J ^a   McGarry, F ^a   Richards, S D ^a   Munro, R ^a   Oh, H H ^a   Campbell, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Major histocompatibility complex; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tumor necrosis factor alpha

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0030825810     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1997.tb02874.x     Document Type: Article

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