Presence of apolipoprotein E E4 allele predisposes to early onset of primary Sjögren's syndrome

Rheumatology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1484-1487

  Pertovaara, Marja ^b   Lehtimaki T ^a   Rontu, R ^a   Antonen, J ^a   Pasternack, A ^a   Hurme, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age at disease onset; Apolipoprotein E; Gene polymorphism; Primary Sj gren's syndrome

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 10444279151     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keh383     Document Type: Article

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