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HLA-DRB1 genes and disease severity in rheumatoid arthritis in Turkey.
Scandinavian journal of rheumatology - 1 Jan 2003
Kinikli G, Ateş A, Turgay M, Akay G, Kinikli S, Tokgöz G
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Association with human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB alleles, implicated in the aetiopathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), is found to be different in various ethnic groups. This study aimed to investigate DRB1 alleles in RA patients in Turkey, and to examine the effect of these alleles on disease severity. METHODS: We performed PCR-based DRBI genotyping of 104 RA patients recruited from clinical...
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