The relationship between insulin-like growth factor-II gene Apa I polymorphism and rheumatoid arthritis

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 126-127

  Huang, C M ^a   Tsai, C H ^c   Tsai, J J P ^c   Kung, P T ^b   Chen, C L ^b   Tsai, F J ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; INTERLEUKIN 1; PROTEOGLYCAN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; APA I GENE; ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II GENE; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LETTER; LUNG DISEASE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEUROPATHY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYNOVITIS; VASCULITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAIWAN;

EID: 1842607128     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740410006079     Document Type: Letter

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