Interferon-gamma gene microsatellite polymorphisms in patients with biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis and isolated polymyalgia rheumatica

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Gonzalez Gay, Miguel A ^a   Hajeer, A H ^b   Dababneh, A ^b   Garcia Porrua, C ^a   Amoli, M M ^b   Llorca, J ^c   Ollier, W E R ^b  

^a HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Giant cell arteritis; IFN gene; Polymyalgia rheumatica

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; INTRON; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERFERON GAMMA GENE; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

BIOPSY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 15044361959     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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