The MICA-A4 triplet repeats polymorphism in the transmembrane region confers additional risk for development of psoriatic arthritis in the Croatian population

European Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 93-98

  Grubic Z ^a,b   Peric P ^b   Eeeuk Jelicic E ^a   Zunec R ^a   Stingl K ^a   Curkovic B ^b   Kerhin Brkljacic V ^a  

^a Natl Referral Organ Transplant T   (Croatia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PRIMER DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROATIA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

MICA;

EID: 2342538440     PISSN: 09607420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2370.2004.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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