Clinical and immunogenetic characteristics of European multicase rheumatoid arthritis families

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 573-576

  Balsa, A ^a   Radstake, T R D J ^b   De Almeida, G ^d   Lepage, V ^h   Stravopoulos, C ⁱ   Spaepen, M ^c   Lopes Vaz, A ^d   Charron, D ^h   Martinez, M ^j   Prudhomme, J F ^f   Migliorini, P ^g   Barrera, P ^b   Fritz, P ^e,f   Westhovens, R ^c   Alves, H ^d   Maenaut, K ^c   Pascual Salcedo, D ^a   Cornelis F ^e,f   Bardin, T ^e   Riente, L ^g  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^e HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^f GÉNÉTHON   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^h SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ National Tissue Typing Center   (Greece)

^j Institut National de la Sante   (France)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOME; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EUROPE; FEMALE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035007262     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.60.6.573     Document Type: Article

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