Genetics of rheumatoid arthritis: Confronting complexity

Arthritis Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-44

  Gregersen, P K ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA DR1 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P53; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLELE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA MICROARRAY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIBLING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOMATIC MUTATION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX;

EID: 0033281605     PISSN: 14659905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar9     Document Type: Review

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