Association analysis between the MIC-A and HLA-B alleles in Japanese patients with Behcet's disease

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1961-1966

  Mizuki, Nobuhisa ^a,b   Ota, Masao ^c   Katsuyama, Yoshihiko ^c   Yabuki, Kazuro ^a,b   Ando, Hitoshi ^d   Goto, Kaori ^a,b   Nakamura, Satoshi ^a   Bahram, Seiamak ^e   Ohno, Shigeaki ^a   Inoko, Hidetoshi ^f  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Japanese Red Cross Society   (Japan)

^e Ctr Rech d'Immunologic d'H   (France)

^f TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA B ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALLELES; BEHCET SYNDROME; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 17444443156     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199909)42:9<1961::AID-ANR23>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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