Associations of HLA microsatellites with rheumatoid arthritis in Singaporean Chinese

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-138

  Yu, H X ^a   Ren, E C ^a   Chan, S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chinese; HLA; Microsatellite; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGAPORE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0041528294     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00084.x     Document Type: Article

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