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Lack of association of the HLA-DRB1 shared epitope with rheumatoid nodules: an individual patient data meta-analysis of 3,272 Caucasian patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Mar 2004
Gorman Jennifer D, David-Vaudey Eve, Pai Madhukar, Lum Raymond F, Criswell Lindsey A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis was to examine the relationship of rheumatoid nodules to the HLA-DRB1 shared epitope (SE) and to individual SE genotypes. METHODS: English-language studies that enrolled adult non-Hispanic Caucasian patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were identified by searches of Medline and Embase, and by manual searches of medical journals. All...
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