Corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) promoter polymorphisms in various ethnic groups of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-34

  Baerwald, C G O ^a,e   Mok, C C ^a   Panayi, G S ^a   Lanchbury, J S ^a   Tickly, M ^f   Lau, C S ^b   Wordsworth, B P ^c   Ollier, B ^d  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing hormone; Genetics; Polymorphisms; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTISONE; DNA; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034058719     PISSN: 03401855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003930050002     Document Type: Article

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