Association between MICA gene A4 allele and acute anterior uveitis in white patients with and without HLA-B27

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 436-441

  Goto, Kaori ^a,b   Ota, Masao ^c   Maksymowych, W P ^d   Mizuki, Nobuhisa ^a   Yabuki, Kazuro ^b   Katsuyama, Yoshihiko ^c   Kimura, Minoru ^b   Inoko, Hidetoshi ^b   Ohno, Shigeaki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 6; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALLELES; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR;

EID: 0032169719     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(98)00100-7     Document Type: Article

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