The sensitivity of different analytical methods to detect disease susceptibility genes in rheumatoid arthritis sibling pair families

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 208-211

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

^a ARC Epidemiology Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Immunogenetics ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disease susceptibility; epidemiology; genes; rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; METHODS;

EID: 0031038288     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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