Primary association of a MICA allele with protection against rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1261-1265

  Martinez, Alfonso ^a   Fernandez Arquero, Miguel ^b   Balsa, Alejandro ^a,b   Rubio, Ana ^b   Alves, Helena ^c   Pascual Salcedo, Dora ^a   Martin Mola, Emilio ^a   De La Concha, Emilio G ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^c Ministerio da Saude Portuguese   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GENE PRODUCT; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DNA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0034966805     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200106)44:6<1261::AID-ART217>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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