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Association of HLA alleles and clinical features in patients with synovitis of recent onset.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Aug 1999
El-Gabalawy H S, Goldbach-Mansky R, Smith D, Arayssi T, Bale S, Gulko P, Yarboro C, Wilder R L, Klippel J H, Schumacher H R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine how HLA alleles are associated with the clinical disease patterns of patients with synovitis of recent onset. METHODS: The HLA alleles A, B, C, DRbeta1, and DQbeta1 were determined in a cohort of 211 patients (mean age 42 years, 64% female, 79% white) with recent-onset synovitis in 1 or more peripheral joints. At a mean disease duration of 33 weeks, 98 patients (46%) met the American...
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