Association of MHC and rheumatoid arthritis HLA-DR4 and rheumatoid arthritis: Studies in mice and men

Arthritis Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 208-211

  Fugger, Lars ^a   Svejgaard, Arne ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Human leukocyte antigen; Rheumatoid arthritis; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

HLA DR1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HLA-DR4 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC;

EID: 0034469449     PISSN: 14659905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar89     Document Type: Review

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