Tumor necrosis factor microsatellite haplotypes are different in male and female patients with RA

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 217-219

  Hajeer, Ali ^a,d   John, Sally ^a   Ollier, William E R ^a   Silman, Alan J ^a   Dawes, Peter ^b   Hassell, Andrew ^b   Mattey, Derek ^c   Fryer, Anthony ^c   Strange, Richard ^c   Worthington, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HLA; microsatellites; rheumatoid arthritis; sex factors; tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 19244370431     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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