Genetic analysis of multiplex rheumatoid arthritis families

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 28-35

  Bali, D ^a   Gourley, S ^a,b   Kostyu, D D ^a   Goel, N ^a,c   Bruce, I ^b   Bell, A ^b   Walker, D J ^d   Tran, K ^e   Zhu, D K ^f   Costello, T J ^f   Amos, C I ^f   Seldin, M F ^a,e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; MHC; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 2; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0033188479     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363635     Document Type: Article

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