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HLA-DQA1 is not an apparent risk factor for microchimerism in patients with various autoimmune diseases and in healthy individuals.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Sept 2003
Artlett Carol M, O'Hanlon Terrence P, Lopez Ana M, Song Yeong Wook, Miller Frederick W, Rider Lisa G
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Microchimeric cells have been identified in lesions and peripheral blood of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), and HLA-DQA1*0501 is a risk factor for these diseases in some populations. Furthermore, DQA1*0501 has been associated with T lymphocyte microchimerism in SSc. To better define the strength of this association, we assessed the relationship among...
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