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The Influence of the HLA-DRB1 rheumatoid arthritis shared epitope on the clinical characteristics and radiological outcome of psoriatic arthritis.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Jan 2003
Korendowych Eleanor, Dixey Jonathan, Cox Beverly, Jones Sharon, McHugh Neil
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the associations of the HLA-DRB1 rheumatoid arthritis shared epitope (SE) with clinical characteristics and radiological outcome in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). METHODS: One hundred fifty-eight patients with well documented PsA and 250 controls were typed for HLA-DRB1 alleles including the SE by polymerase chain reaction. Clinical data collected on the patient group included...
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