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An independent role of protective HLA class II alleles in rheumatoid arthritis severity and susceptibility.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Sept 2005
van der Helm-van Mil Annette H M, Huizinga Tom W J, Schreuder Geziena M Th, Breedveld Ferdinand C, de Vries René R P, Toes René E M
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OBJECTIVE: To prospectively investigate the effect of the DERAA-encoding HLA alleles on disease susceptibility and severity in a large cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and to differentiate protective effects from non-predisposition by comparing subgroups of patients with an equal amount of predisposition alleles. METHODS: HLA class II alleles were determined in 440 patients with early RA and in...
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