Interleukin-10 microsatellite polymorphisms and IL-10 locus alleles in rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility

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Volumn 352, Issue 9136, 1998, Pages 1282-1283

  Eskdale, Joyce ^a   McNicholl, Janet ^b   Wordsworth, Paul ^b   Jonas, Beth ^b   Huizinga, Tom ^b   Field, Max ^b   Gallagher, Grant ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0032541825     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)70489-X     Document Type: Article

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