No primary association between LMP2 polymorphisms and extraspinal manifestations in spondyloarthropathies

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 741-743

  Höhler, Thomas ^a   Schäper, Thomas ^a   Schneider, Peter M ^a   Krummenauer, Frank ^a   Rittner, Christian ^a   Meyer Zum Büschenfelde, Karl H ^a   Märker Hermann, Elisabeth ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; UVEITIS;

EID: 0031424260     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.56.12.741     Document Type: Article

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