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DRB1 alleles in polymyalgia rheumatica and rheumatoid arthritis in southern France.
European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Feb 2001
Reviron D, Foutrier C, Guis S, Mercier P, Roudier J
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the association of HLA-DRB1 alleles with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), 55 patients with PMR without giant cell arteritis, 203 patients with RA and 230 controls, all from the European population of Marseille, were HLA-DRB1 genotyped by PCR-SSO. HLA-DRB1*01 was significantly increased in both the PMR and RA groups compared to controls (35% versus 17%, P(c) < 0.05, and...
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