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HLA-B27 expression and reactive arthritis susceptibility in two patient cohorts infected with Salmonella Typhimurium.
Australian and New Zealand journal of medicine - 1 Feb 2000
McColl G J, Diviney M B, Holdsworth R F, McNair P D, Carnie J, Hart W, McCluskey J
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BACKGROUND: Reactive arthritis (ReA) is an inflammatory arthritis triggered by certain gastrointestinal and genitourinary infections. Single source outbreaks of triggering infections provide an opportunity to elucidate host susceptibility factors in this disease. AIM: To determine the role of Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Class I alleles in ReA susceptibility after two large single source outbreaks of...
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