Androgen receptor gene polymorphism and rheumatoid arthritis in Taiwan [1]

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 209-210

  Lo, S F ^a,c   Huang, C M ^a,c   Tsai, C H ^b   Chen, W C ^c   Lai, C C ^c   Tsai, Y ^c   Tsai, Fuu Jen ^a,c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CYTOSINE; GENOMIC DNA; GUANINE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEPHELOMETRY; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENT T TEST; TAIWAN; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TAIWAN; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 33744827672     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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