Polymorphism of TAP1 and TAP2 in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 49, Issue 3 I, 1997, Pages 280-282

  Takeuchi, F ^a   Nakano, K ^a   Matsuta, K ^a   Takizawa, K ^a   Nabeta, H ^a   Kuwata, S ^a   Ito, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

DR; Japanese; RA; TAP

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0031000033     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1997.tb02753.x     Document Type: Article

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