Independent association of rheumatoid factor and the HLA-DRB1 shared epitope with radiographic outcome in rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1529-1533

  Mattey, Derek L ^a   Hassell, Andrew B ^a   Dawes, Peter T ^a   Cheung, Nap T ^b   Poulton, Kay V ^c   Thomson, Wendy ^c   Hajeer, Ali H ^c   Ollier, William E R ^c  

^a Staffordshire Rheumatology Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034939720     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200107)44:7<1529::AID-ART275>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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