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A retrospective study using nail clippings of rheumatoid susceptible alleles of HLA-DRB1 as a prognostic factor in early rheumatoid arthritis.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Apr 1999
Tanaka N, Masuko T, Ishii S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether the number of susceptible factors influences disease progression in Japanese patients diagnosed with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: Fifty-eight Japanese outpatients (46 female, 12 male; mean age 48.9 yrs) with early RA of less than one year after onset were enrolled in the study. The criteria for early RA (Japanese Ministry of Welfare) were used. DNA was extracted from...
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