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The influence of HLA-DRB1 alleles encoding the DERAA amino acid motif on radiological outcome in rheumatoid arthritis.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Dec 1999
Mattey D L, Hassell A B, Plant M J, Cheung N T, Dawes P T, Jones P W, Thomson W, Poulton K V, Hajeer A H, Ollier W E
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OBJECTIVES: To investigate the influence of HLA-DRB1 alleles encoding the QK/RRAA shared epitope (SE) on radiological outcome in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and to determine whether it is modulated by alleles carrying the putative rheumatoid arthritis-protective (RAP) sequence DERAA. Patients and methods. The association between erosive damage and HLA-DRB1 status was examined in 315 RA patients with a disease...
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