HLA typing in a large family with multiple cases of different autoimmune diseases

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 856-859

  Sels, Filip ^a   Westhovens, Rene ^a,b   Emonds, Marie Paule ^a   Vandermeulen, Ellen ^c   Dequeker, Jan ^c  

^a Rode Kruis Vlaanderen   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c NONE

Author keywords

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; FAMILY; HLA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENTERITIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; PEDIGREE; PSORIASIS;

EID: 0030919143     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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