Elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis and its association with HLA-DRB1 alleles in Japanese

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 98-101

  Yukioka, M ^a   Wakitani, S ^b,f   Murata, N ^b   Toda, Y ^c   Ogawa, R ^c   Kaneshige, T ^d   Ochi, T ^e  

^a Yukioka Hospital   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^c KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SHIONOGI AND CO LTD   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^f MINAMI OSAKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age at disease onset; Elderly onset rheumatoid arthritis; HLA DRB1 alleies; HLA DRB1*1502

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0031822174     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/37.1.98     Document Type: Article

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