Inheritance of the shared epitope and long-term outcomes of rheumatoid arthritis among community-based Caucasian females

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-72

  Criswell, Lindsey A ^a,c   Mu, Hua ^b   Such, Carol L ^a   King, Mary Claire ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Division of Rheumatology   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; HLA DRB1 alleles; Long term outcomes; Rheumatoid arthritis; Shared epitope

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC MODEL; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; JOINT SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DISABLED PERSONS; EPITOPES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031907844     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1998)15:1<61::AID-GEPI5>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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