Analysis of T cell receptor V alpha polymorphisms in rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-51

  Ibberson, Mark ^a,b   Péclat, Véronique ^b   Guerne, Pierre Andre ^c   Tiercy, Jean Marie ^d   Wordsworth, Paul ^f   Lanchbury, Jerry ^e   Camilleri, Jeremy ^g   So, Alex K ^a,b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c HUG   (Switzerland)

^d Service d'immunologie et d'allergologie   (Switzerland)

^e GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0031923251     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.57.1.49     Document Type: Article

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