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Influence of shared epitope-negative HLA-DRB1 alleles on genetic susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Mar 2001
Reviron D, Perdriger A, Toussirot E, Wendling D, Balandraud N, Guis S, Semana G, Tiberghien P, Mercier P, Roudier J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Most patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) express the shared epitope (SE). It is not known whether SE-negative HLA-DRB1 alleles influence the development of RA. This study examined the influence of SE-negative HLA-DR alleles (DRB1*X) on the development of RA in 3 different French populations. METHODS: HLA-DRB1 alleles were defined by polymerase chain reaction with sequence-specific oligonucleotide...
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