Article
Tumour necrosis factor microsatellites in reactive arthritis.
British journal of rheumatology - 1 Nov 1998
Tuokko J, Koskinen S, Westman P, Yli-Kerttula U, Toivanen A, Ilonen J
Abstract excerpt
The purpose was to study tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-a, -b and -c microsatellites as potential new susceptibility markers for reactive arthritis (ReA). Fifty-nine patients typed for HLA-B27 were studied for frequencies of TNF microsatellite alleles and compared with allele frequencies determined...
Topics
- Alleles
- Arthritis, Reactive
- Biomarkers
- Disease Susceptibility
- HLA-B27 Antigen
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Prohibitins
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha