Clinical, serological and HLA profiles in non-Caucasian UK idiopathic inflammatory myopathy

Rheumatology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 591-592

  Chinoy, Hector ^a   Salway, Fiona ^a   Fertig, Noreen ^b   Oddis, Chester V ^b   Ollier, William E ^a   Cooper, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DR ANTIGEN; JO 1 ANTIBODY; KU ANTIGEN; SYNTHETASE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LETTER; MALE; MYOSITIS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEROLOGY; SEX RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOSITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249128200     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kep035     Document Type: Letter

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