Corticotropin releasing hormone promoter region polymorphisms in rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 215-216

  Baerwald, Christoph G O ^a   Panayi, Gabriel S ^a,b   Lanchbury, Jerry S ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Rheumatology ^*

Author keywords

candidate genes; corticotropin releasing hormone; polymorphism; rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031037963     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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