Mapping autoimmunity genes

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 689-700

  Griffiths, Marie M ^a   Encinas, Jeffrey A ^b,c   Remmers, Elaine F ^d   Kuchroo, Vijay K ^e   Wilder, Ronald L ^e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BAYER YAKUHIN LTD   (Japan)

^d Arthr Rheumatism Br Natl I   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTHRITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LYME DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THYMUS; UVEORETINITIS;

EID: 0032725389     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(99)00038-2     Document Type: Review

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