Genetic association of htSNPs across the major histocompatibility complex with rheumatoid arthritis in an African-American population

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 94-97

  Reynolds, R J ^a   Kelley, J M ^b   Hughes, L B ^b   Yi, N ^a   Bridges, S L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Genetic association; HLA DOA; HLA DRB1; MHC

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; HLA DOA ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME SIZE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HLA-D ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 75049085806     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gene.2009.69     Document Type: Article

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