Increased frequency of complement C4B deficiency in rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1338-1344

  Rigby, William F C ^a   Wu, Yee Ling ^b   Zan, Moe ^a   Zhou, Bi ^b   Rosengren, Sanna ^c   Carlson, Cheryl ^a   Hilton, Whitney ^a   Yu, C Yung ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4A; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B; DNA; EPITOPE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LUPUS VULGARIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMPLEMENT C4A; COMPLEMENT C4B; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860488012     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.33472     Document Type: Article

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