HLA-DRB1 alleles in Greek rheumatoid arthritis patients and their association with clinical characteristics

European Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 265-274

  Stavropoulos, C ^a   Spyropoulou, M ^b  

^a G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITOPE MAPPING; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GREECE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0030838159     PISSN: 09607420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2370.1997.tb00020.x     Document Type: Article

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