Associations of major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related molecule polymorphisms with Behcet's disease in Caucasian patients

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 195-199

  Hughes, E H ^a,b   Collins, R W M ^a   Kondeatis, E ^a   Wallace, G R ^c   Graham, E M ^b   Vaughan, R W ^a   Stanford, Miles ^b  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behcet's disease; HLA B*51; MICA; MICB; NKG2D; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

HLA B51 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICA GENE; MICB GENE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ALLELES; BEHCET SYNDROME; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS I; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 24144436141     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2005.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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