Association of tri-nucleotide (CAG and GGC) repeat polymorphism of androgen receptor gene in Taiwanese women with refractory or remission rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2051-2058

  Yu, S F ^a   Cheng, T T ^b   Hsu, Y H ^c   Lai, H M ^b   Chen, Y C ^b   Chiu, C K ^b   Lin, K M ^b   Chang, C ^d   Chen, C J ^b   Kang, H Y ^a,e  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tri nucleotide repeat polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTOSINE; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; GOLD; GUANINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLAMINE; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TAIWAN; TRANSACTIVATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ADULT; ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 36248976074     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-007-0616-z     Document Type: Article

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