Partial C4 deficiency in juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 256-260

  Gilliam, Brooke E ^a   Wolff, Anne E ^a   Moore, Terry L ^a,b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Doisy Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

C4 allotypes; Complement deficiency; Complement system; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4A; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ALLOTYPE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; HUMAN; INFECTION; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMPLEMENT C4A; COMPLEMENT C4B; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 35148890776     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e318156b9e3     Document Type: Article

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