Polymorphisms within interleukin 15 are associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis [12]

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-

  Bierbaum, S ^a   Sengler, C ^b   Gerhold, K ^b   Berner, R ^a   Heinzmann, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 18;

ANTIBODY TITER; ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-15; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 33744812721     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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