Prevalence of DRB1*01 and DRB1*04 alleles in a group of patients with rheumatoid arthritis living in Liguria

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 95-99

  Rovetta, G ^a   Monteforte, P ^a   Buffrini, L ^a   Grignolo, M C ^a   Strada, P ^b   Garbarino, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DRB1*01 ANTIGEN; HLA-DRB1 ANTIGEN; HLA-DRB1*01 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ORGAN DONOR; OUTPATIENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DNA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 28344454203     PISSN: 02511649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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