IL-10 gene promoter polymorphisms in rheumatoid arthritis

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 142-145

  Hajeer, Ali H ^a,d   Lazarus, Mark ^a   Turner, David ^b   Mageed, Rizgar A ^c   Vencovsky, Jiri ^c   Sinnott, Paul ^b   Hutchinson, Ian V ^a   Ollier, William E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IL 10; Polymorphisms; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatoid factor

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 10; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INTERLEUKIN-10; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

EID: 0031946335     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/030097498441029     Document Type: Article

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