The frequency of serum amyloid A2 alleles in the Japanese population

Amyloid

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 208-211

  Yamada, Toshiyuki ^a   Okuda, Yasuaki ^b   Itoh, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Dohgo Spa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alleles; Amyloidosis; Frequency; Japanese; Rheumatoid arthritis; Serum amyloid A

Indexed keywords

SAA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SERUM AMYLOID A;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RACE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN;

EID: 0032151748     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13506129809003847     Document Type: Article

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