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Role of human leukocyte antigen DRB1*0307 and DRB1*0308 in susceptibility to juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Alsaeid K M, Haider M Z, al-Awadhi A M, Srivastva B S, Ayoub E M
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OBJECTIVE: To study the prevalence of Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) DR alleles in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). METHODS: DNA samples from 64 children with oligoarticular and seronegative polyarticular JRA and 64 controls of the same ethnic background were analyzed using PCR-sequence specific primers (PCR-SSP) method. Analysis took into account the onset subtype, the presence of antinuclear...
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