Racial origin and its effect on disease expression and HLA-DRB1 types in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A matched cross-sectional study

Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 857-864

  Griffiths, B ^a   Situnayake, R D ^b   Clark, B ^c   Tennant, A ^a   Salmon, M ^d   Emery, P ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian; Disease expression; European; HLA DRB1 typing; Matched cross sectional study; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BONE EROSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE;

EID: 0033845285     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/39.8.857     Document Type: Article

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