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Association between HLA-DRB1*15 and secondary Sjögren's syndrome in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Nov 2000
Mattey D L, González-Gay M A, Hajeer A H, Dababneh A, Thomson W, García-Porrúa C, Ollier W E
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between HLA-DRB1 alleles and the clinical expression of the secondary form of Sjogren's syndrome (SS) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: Typing of HLA-DRB1 alleles was carried out by molecular based techniques on DNA obtained from a population of patients with RA from Lugo in northwestern Spain. Patients were diagnosed according to the 1987 American College...
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