Relationship among the HLA-DRB1 shared epitope, smoking, and rheumatoid factor production in rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 403-407

  Mattey, Derek L ^a   Dawes, Peter T ^a   Clarke, Sheila ^a   Fisher, June ^a   Brownfield, Ann ^a   Thomson, Wendy ^b   Haajeer, Ali H ^b   Ollier, William E R ^b  

^a Staffordshire Rheumatology Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatoid factor; Shared epitope; Smoking

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 0037103347     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.10514     Document Type: Article

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