HLA class II allele polymorphism in Hungarian patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome [1]

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-76

  Kovacs A ^a   Endreffy, E ^a   Petri, I ^a   Kovacs L ^a   Pokorny, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; LA ANTIBODY; RO ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; KIDNEY TUBULE ACIDOSIS; LETTER; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; REED STERNBERG CELL; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; VASCULAR DISEASE;

HLA-D ANTIGENS; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; NORWAY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 32644487398     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740500287517     Document Type: Letter

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