Immunogenetic profile of patients with psoriatic arthritis varies according to the age at onset of psoriasis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 818-823

  Rahman, Proton ^a   Schentag, Catherine T ^b   Gladman, Dafna D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0032931749     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199904)42:4<818::aid-anr30>3.0.co;2-5     Document Type: Article

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