Genetics of ankylosing spondylitis: An update

Current Rheumatology Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 383-389

  Rahman, Proton ^a  

^a St Clare's Mercy Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 2D6; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; HLA B35 ANTIGEN; HLA B60 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 23 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANKH GENE; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REITER SYNDROME; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; INTERLEUKINS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 35349011722     PISSN: 15233774     EISSN: 15346307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11926-007-0061-7     Document Type: Review

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