Association of different tumor necrosis factor α promoter allele frequencies with ankylosing spondylitis in HLA-B27 positive individuals

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1489-1492

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

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031855604     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199808)41:8<1489::AID-ART20>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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