The importance of gastrointestinal nurses being HLA-B27 aware

Gastrointestinal Nursing

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 32-40

  Cox, Carol ^a   Evans, Patricia ^b   Withers, Timothy ^b   Titmuss, Karen ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitls; Human leukocyte antigen; Immunogenetics; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049111567     PISSN: 14795248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/gasn.2008.6.9.31776     Document Type: Article

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