Association of STAT4 with rheumatoid arthritis: A replication study in three European populations

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1974-1980

  Orozco, Gisela ^a   Alizadeh, Behrooz Z ^b   Delgado Vega, Angélica M ^c   González Gay, Miguel Á ^d   Balsa, Alejandro ^e   Pascual Salcedo, Dora ^e   Fernández Gutierrez, Benjamín ^f   González Escribano, María F ^g   Petersson, Ingemar F ^h   Van Riel, Piet L C M ⁱ   Barrera, Pilar ⁱ   Coenen, Marieke J H ⁱ   Radstake, Timothy R D J ⁱ   Van Leeuwen, Miek A ^j   Wijmenga, Cisca ^b,j   Koeleman, Bobby P C ^b   Alarcón Riquelme, Marta ^c   Martín, Javier ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PARASITOLOGÍA Y BIOMEDICINA LÓPEZ NEYRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^h LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

ⁱ RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; STAT4 PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHI SQUARE TEST; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SPAIN; STAT4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SWEDEN;

EID: 84859437871     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23549     Document Type: Article

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