Genetic architectures of seropositive and seronegative rheumatic diseases

Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 401-414

  Kirino, Yohei ^a   Remmers, Elaine F ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A; AUTOANTIBODY; CYCLIC CITRULLINATED PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; DNA ANTIBODY; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; HLA B51 ANTIGEN; HLA B52 ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; BEHCET DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; BLOOD; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; SEROLOGY;

GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 84933672734     PISSN: 17594790     EISSN: 17594804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2015.41     Document Type: Review

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