Investigation of the MHC2TA gene, associated with rheumatoid arthritis in a Swedish population, in a UK rheumatoid arthritis cohort

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3417-3422

  Eyre, Stephen ^a   Bowes, John ^a   Spreckley, Kristian ^a   Potter, Catherine ^a   Ring, Susan ^b   Strachan, David ^c   Worthington, Jane ^a   Barton, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; EPITOPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2 TRANSACTIVATOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 16P; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MHCT2TA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SWEDEN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 33750945171     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22166     Document Type: Article

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