Shared epitope 'homozygosity' is strongly associated with rheumatoid arthritis in Turkey

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1126-1128

  Saruhan Direskeneli, G ^a,b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

HLA association; Rheumatoid arthritis; Shared epitope

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DNA; EPITOPES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TURKEY;

EID: 0345698890     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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