Class II MHC antigens in early rheumatoid arthritis in Bath (UK) and Madrid (Spain)

Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 844-849

  Balsa, A ^a   Minaur, N J ^b,c   Pascual Salcedo, D ^a   McCabe, C ^b,c   Balas, A ^d   Fiddament, B ^b,c   Vicario, J L ^d   Cox, N L ^b,c   Martin Mola E ^e   Hall, N D ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d Centro de Transfusión de la Comunidad de Madrid ^*  (Spain)

^e Hospital Universitario La Paz ^*

Author keywords

Class II MHC; Early; Rheumatoid arthritis; Spain; UK

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ALLELE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EPITOPES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033836860     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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