Associations of Churg-Strauss syndrome with the HLA-DRB1 locus, and relationship to the genetics of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides: Comment on the article by Vaglio et al [1]

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 329-330

  Wieczorek, S ^a   Hellmich, B ^b   Gross, W L ^b   Epplen, J T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ALLELE; CALCULATION; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL VESSEL VASCULITIS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME; GENE FREQUENCY; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS;

EID: 38149086099     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23209     Document Type: Letter

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