Non-inherited maternal HLA alleles are associated with rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 171-174

  Harney, S ^a,b   Newton, J ^a,b   Milicic, A ^a   Brown, M A ^a,b   Wordsworth, B P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HLA; Non inherited maternal alleles; Rheumatoid arthritis; Shared epitope

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTINGENCY TABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; EPITOPE MAPPING; FATHERS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC MARKERS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 0037241182     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keg059     Document Type: Article

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