HLA haplotype sharing in rheumatoid arthritis sibships: Risk estimates subdivided by proband genotype

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 403-418

  Rigby, Alan S ^a   MacGregor, Alex J ^b   Thomson, Glenys ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AFBAC controls; AGFAP method; Epidemiology; Genetics; Haplotype sharing; HLA; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIBLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EPITOPES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031816688     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1998)15:4<403::AID-GEPI6>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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