Frequency of HLA-DRB1 alleles in rheumatoid arthritis patients in Zahedan, southeast Iran

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-173

  Sandoughi, Mahnaz ^a   Fazaeli, Asghar ^b,c,d   Bardestani, Gholamreza ^a   Hashemi, Mohammad ^a  

^a ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ZANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953203592     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0256-4947.78205     Document Type: Article

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