Caspase 7 influences susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1243-1247

  Garcia Lozano J R ^a   Torres, B ^a   Fernandez O ^a   Orozco, G ^b   Alvarez Marquez A ^a   Garcia A ^a,d   Gonzalez Gay M A ^c   Nunez Roldan A ^a   Martin J ^b   González Escribano, Maria F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE PARASITOLOGÍA Y BIOMEDICINA LÓPEZ NEYRA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caspase 7; Gene expression; Polymorphism; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 7; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CASPASE 7; COHORT STUDIES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 34547840161     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kem096     Document Type: Article

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