Extrapituitary prolactin promoter polymorphism in Czech patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis [2]

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 706-707

  Fojtíková, Markéta ^a,b   Černá, Marie ^b   Čejková, Pavlína ^b   Růžičková, Šárka ^a   Dostál, Ctibor ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROLACTIN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 34248155292     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2006.061788     Document Type: Letter

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