Immunoglobulin GM genes and IgG antibodies to cytomegalovirus in patients with systemic sclerosis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 3 SUPPL. 33, 2004, Pages

  Pandey, Janardan P ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

GM KM genes; Human cytomegalovirus; IgG antobodies; PCR RFLP; Scleroderma; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; ALLELE; GENE; GM GENE; KM GENE;

ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ALLOTYPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GM ALLOTYPES; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 4444351075     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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