Rheumatoid arthritis association in Colombian population is restricted to HLA-DRB1*04 QRRAA alleles

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 56-58

  Anaya, J M ^a   Correa, P A ^a   Mantilla, R D ^a   Arcos Burgos, M ^b  

^a Unidad de Biología Celular y Molecular   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; HLA DRB1; Non Caucasians; Rheumatoid arthritis; Shared epitope

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA-DRB1 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITOPE MAPPING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ADULT; ALLELES; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 0036482188     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363833     Document Type: Article

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