HLA-DQB1 CAR1/CAR2, TNFa IR2/IR4 and CTLA-4 polymorphisms in Tunisian patients with rheumatoid arthritis and Sjögren's syndrome

Rheumatology (Bulgaria)

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1370-1374

  Hadj Kacem, H ^a   Kaddour, N ^b   Adyel, F Z ^a   Bahloul, Z ^b   Ayadi, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Association; CTLA 4; HLA DQ CAR; Polymorphism; Rheumatoid arthritis; Sj gren's syndrome; TNF

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; TUNISIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCONJUGATES; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; TUNISIA;

EID: 0035687881     PISSN: 13100505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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