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Noninherited maternal antigens do not increase the susceptibility for familial rheumatoid arthritis. European Consortium on Rheumatoid Arthritis Families (ECRAF).
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 May 2001
Barrera P, Balsa A, Alves H, Westhovens R, Maenaut K, Cornélis F, Fritz P, Bardin T, Ceu Maia M, Lopes-Vaz A, Pascual Salcedo D, de la Concha E, Radstake T, van de Putte L B, Migliorini P, Prudhomme J F, Charron D, Spyropoulou M, Mendes A, Spaepen M, Martinez M, Stavropoulos C
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: It has been proposed that noninherited maternal HLA-DR antigens (NIMA) might play a role in the susceptibility for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This hypothesis has not been thoroughly tested in patients with familial RA, in whom genetic factors, either inherited or not, might have stronger influence than in patients with sporadic RA. We investigated the NIMA hypothesis in a large cohort of European...
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