An association between the natural course of shoulder-joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis and HLA-DRB1 *0405 in Japanese patients

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 146-148

  Wakitani, S ^a   Imoto, K ^a   Murata, N ^a   Oonishi, H ^a   Ochi, T ^b   Yoneda, M ^c  

^a MINAMI OSAKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA KOSEI NENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

HLA DRB1 *0405; Mutilating destruction; Natural course; Rheumatoid arthritis; Shoulder joint destruction

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HLA DR ANTIGEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHOULDER GIRDLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 0031944070     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/030097498441038     Document Type: Article

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