Association of small ubiquitin-like modifier 4 gene polymorphisms with rheumatoid arthritis in a Tunisian population

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 751-

  Fakhfakh Karray, E ^a   Ben Dhifallah, I ^a   Zakraoui, L ^b   Hamzaoui, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^b Hospital M Slim La Marsa   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; SUMO PROTEIN; SUMO4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALLELE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HARDY WEINBERG DISTRIBUTION LAW; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUMO4 GENE; TUNISIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMALL UBIQUITIN-RELATED MODIFIER PROTEINS; TUNISIA;

EID: 80055095528     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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