Linkage and association studies of the natural resistance associated macrophage protein 1 (NRAMP1) locus in rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 452-457

  John, Sally ^a   Marlow, Angela ^a   Hajeer, Ali ^a   Ollier, William ^a,b   Silman, Alan ^a,b   Worthington, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Immunogenetics ^*

Author keywords

immunogenetics; NRAMP1; rheumatoid arthritis; sib pair analysis

Indexed keywords

NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MARCOPHAGE PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIBLING;

ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0031002687     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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