Influence of the HLA-DRβ shared epitope on susceptibility to and clinical expression of rheumatoid arthritis in Chilean patients

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 191-193

  González, Alfonso ^a   Nicovani, Sandra ^a   Massardo, Loreto ^a   Aguirre, Verónica ^a   Cervilla, Vinicio ^a   Lanchbury, Jerry S ^b   Jacobelli, Sergio ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0030935969     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.56.3.191     Document Type: Article

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