Val58Ile polymorphism of the neutrophil chemoattractant LECT2 and rheumatoid arthritis in the Japanese population

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1419-1420

  Kameoka, Yosuke ^b   Yamagoe, Satoshi ^b   Hatano, Yoshimi ^b   Kasama, Tsuyoshi ^b   Suzuki, Kazuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; JAPAN; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; JAPAN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEINS;

EID: 0034124868     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200006)43:6<1419::AID-ANR28>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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