HLA class II genes in Latvian patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 56-60

  Rumba, I ^a   Denisova, A ^a   Sochnev, A ^a   Nilsson, B ^b   Sanjeevi, C B ^c  

^a RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Genetic susceptibility; HLA DQ; HLA DR; JRA; Latvians; Rheumatoid factor

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGENETICS; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LATVIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYARTHRITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031024764     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1997.tb02711.x     Document Type: Article

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