Possible association of CYP17 gene polymorphisms with the onset of rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 721-724

  Huang, J ^a   Ushiyama, Toshio ^a   Inoue, K ^a   Mori, K ^a   Hukuda, S ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgen; CYP17 gene; Estrogen; Polymorphism; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DNA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RHEUMATOID NODULE; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 0032719224     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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