Association of the autoimmunity locus 4q27 with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 901-904

  Albers, H M ^a   Kurreeman, F A S ^a   Stoeken Rijsbergen, G ^a   Brinkman, D M C ^a   Kamphuis, S S M ^b   Van Rossum, M A J ^c   Girschick, H J ^d   Wouters, C ^e   Saurenmann, R K ^f   Hoppenreijs, E ^g   Slagboom, P ^a   Houwing Duistermaat, J J ^a   Verduijn, W ^a   Huizinga, T W J ^a   Ten Cate, R ^a   Toes, R E M ^a   Schilham, M W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELIAC DISEASE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS;

EID: 61649121151     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24296     Document Type: Article

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