Article
Genetically determined factors as predictors of radiological change in patients with early symmetrical arthritis.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) - 5 Dec 1992
Emery P, Salmon M, Bradley H, Wordsworth P, Tunn E, Bacon P A, Waring R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether genetic factors associated with established rheumatoid arthritis could, in combination with rheumatoid factor, predict the development of radiological erosions in patients with early symmetrical (rheumatoid-like) arthritis. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: Teaching hospital, early arthritis clinic. SUBJECTS: Forty nine patients with symmetrical polyarthritis attending the early...
Topics
- Acute-Phase Reaction
- Adult
- Arthritis
- Bone and Bones
- Female
- Genes, MHC Class II
- Humans
- Major Histocompatibility Complex
- Male
- Oligonucleotide Probes
- Phenotype
