Investigation of candidate disease susceptibility genes in rheumatoid arthritis: Principles and strategies

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 199-201

  John, Sally ^a,c   Hajeer, Ali ^a   Marlow, Angela ^a   Myerscough, Anne ^a   Silman, Alan J ^a,b   Ollier, William E R ^a,b   Worthington, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Epidemiology ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

microsatellites; rheumatoid arthritis; susceptibility

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031019558     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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