HLA-C locus alleles distribution in patients from northern Poland with psoriatic arthritis - Preliminary report

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 389-391

  Dobosz, A Szczerkowska ^a   Rebala K ^a   Szczerkowska, Z ^a   Nedoszytko, B ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA C ANTIGEN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; POLAND; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 28444490791     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2005.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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