The association between human leucocyte antigens (hla) and mortality in community residents aged 85 and older

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 56-60

  Izaks, Gerbrand J ^a   Van Houwelingen, Hans C ^b   Schreuder, Geziena M T ^a   Ligthart, Gerard J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR5 ANTIGEN;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HLA SYSTEM; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031021310     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb00978.x     Document Type: Article

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