HLA-DRB1 alleles associated with polymyalgia rheumatica in northern Italy: Correlation with disease severity

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 303-308

  Salvarani, Carlo ^a,e   Boiardi, Luigi ^a   Mantovani, Vilma ^b   Ranzi, Andrea ^f   Cantini, Fabrizio ^c   Olivieri, Ignazio ^d   Bragliani, Michela ^b   Collina, Elisa ^b   Macchioni, Pier Luigi ^a  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c MISERICORDIA E DOLCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d SAN CARLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Azienda Ospedaliera Arcisp S M   (Italy)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0032924046     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.58.5.303     Document Type: Article

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