Article
Novel genetic markers of rheumatoid arthritis in Chilean patients, by DR serotyping and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Mar 1992
González A, Nicovani S, Massardo L, Bull P, Rodríguez L, Jacobelli S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The analysis of genetic markers of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in a population in which the DR4 serotype is not strongly associated with the disease. METHODS: Chilean RA patients (56 seropositive and 22 seronegative) and 141 controls were studied by serotyping. Southern blot analysis of Bam HI restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) was done in genomic DNA from 46 patients with seropositive RA,...
Topics
- Adult
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Blotting, Southern
- Chile
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- HLA-DR Antigens
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
