Japanese generalised osteoarthritis was associated with HLA class I--a study of HLA-A, B, Cw, DQ, DR in 72 patients.

doi:10.1007/s100670170006

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Japanese generalised osteoarthritis was associated with HLA class I--a study of HLA-A, B, Cw, DQ, DR in 72 patients.

Clinical rheumatology - 1 Jan 2001

Wakitani S, Imoto K, Mazuka T, Kim S, Murata N, Yoneda M

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To investigate the association between generalised osteoarthritis (GOA) and HLA-A, B, Cw, DQ and DR, we typed for HLA in 72 Japanese patients with GOA and compared with those of 1480 normal controls. The antigen frequency of HLA-Cw4 was significantly higher in the GOA group than in the control group. That of B62 was higher, but only uncorrected P values were significant. Those of HLA-Cw1 and Cw10 were...

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