Association of DMA and DMB with RA in Japanese

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-192

  Takeuchi, F ^a   Nabeta, H ^a   Kuwata, S ^a   Tanimoto, K ^b   Ito, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DMA; DMB; Japanese; rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HLA-D ANTIGENS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 0030946090     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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