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Quantifying the exact role of HLA-DRB1 alleles in susceptibility to inflammatory polyarthritis: results from a large, population-based study.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Apr 1999
Thomson W, Harrison B, Ollier B, Wiles N, Payton T, Barrett J, Symmons D, Silman A
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OBJECTIVE: To accurately determine the contributions of HLA-DRB1 alleles in explaining susceptibility to inflammatory polyarthritis in a large, true population-based cohort of new-onset cases. METHODS: A cohort of 680 consecutive patients with inflammatory polyarthritis, of whom 404 satisfied the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), was recruited from the population-based...
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