HLA DRβ1 alleles in Pakistani patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 727-730

  Naqi, Nighat ^a   Ahmed, Tahir Aziz ^a   Malik, Javaid Mehmood ^b   Ahmed, Mushtaq ^c   Bashir, Muhammad Mukarram ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b FAUJI FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

HLA DR 1 alleles; Pakistani population; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN; HLA-DRB1*04 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAKISTAN; PHYSICIAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; AGED; ALLELE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HLA-DRB1 CHAINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856051092     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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