Autoantibodies in twins discordant for rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 708-709

  Svendsen, A J ^a   Hjelmborg, J V ^a   Wiik, A ^b   Houen, G ^b   Kyvik, K O ^a   Junker, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KERATIN ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOANTIBODIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 79952327545     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2010.132860     Document Type: Letter

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