Linkage of cytokine genes to rheumatoid arthritis. Evidence of genetic heterogeneity

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 361-365

  John, Sally ^a,b   Myerscough, Anne ^a   Marlow, Angela ^a   Hajeer, Ali ^a   Silman, Alan ^a   Ollier, William ^a   Worthington, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 5 RECEPTOR;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIBLING;

EID: 0031847294     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.57.6.361     Document Type: Article

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