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Independent association of HLA-DR and FCgamma receptor polymorphisms in Korean patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Dec 2003
Lee H S, Chung Y H, Kim T G, Kim T H, Jun J B, Jung S, Bae S C, Yoo D H
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OBJECTIVES: To determine the distribution of HLA-DR type and FcgammaRIIa/IIIa polymorphisms, and to analyse the combined effects of these genes for susceptibility in Korean systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. METHODS: A total of 299 SLE patients meeting 1982 ACR criteria and 144 Korean disease-free controls were enrolled. Genotyping for the FcgammaRIIa 131 R/H and FcgammaRIIIa 176 F/V was performed by...
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