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Association of rheumatoid arthritis with HLA-DR1 and HLA-DR4 in Hungary.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Jun 2005
Kapitány Anikó, Zilahi Erika, Szántó Sándor, Szücs Gabriella, Szabó Zoltán, Végvári Anikó, Rass Péter, Sipka Sándor, Szegedi Gyula, Szekanecz Zoltán
Abstract excerpt
Susceptibility to and outcome for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been associated with particular HLA-DR alleles, but these alleles vary among ethnic groups and geographic areas. The frequency of HLA-DR1 (HLA-DRB1*0101, DRB1*0102) and HLA-DR4 (DRB1*0401, DRB1*0404) alleles is elevated among Caucasian patients with RA. We studied a northeastern Hungarian population of RA patients to determine the frequency of...
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