MICA gene triplet repeat polymorphism in patients with HLA-B27 positive and negative ankylosing spondylitis from Sardinia

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2193-2197

  Ricci Vitiani, L ^a   Vacca, A ^a   Potolicchio, I ^a   Scarpa, R ^a   Bitti, P ^a   Sebastiani, G ^a   Passiu, G ^a   Mathieu, A ^a   Sorrentino, R ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; HLA B27; Mica; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; ITALY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0033822106     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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