HLA-TNF haplotype heterogeneity in Greek SLE patients

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 66-68

  Tarassi, K ^a   Carthy, D ^b   Papasteriades, C ^a   Boki, K ^a   Nikolopoulou, N ^a   Carcassi, C ^c   Ollier, W E R ^b   Hajeer, A M ^b  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genetics; HLA; SLE; TNF microsatellites

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GREECE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

COHORT STUDIES; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GREECE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PHENOTYPE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0031890979     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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