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Association of HLA–DR3 with anti–cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody–negative rheumatoid arthritis
30 Sept 2005
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Recent data have shown that the most prominent and longest known genetic risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), HLA-DRB1 shared epitope alleles, are only associated with RA that is characterized by the presence of antibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP antibodies) and not with anti-CCP-negative RA. We undertook this study to investigate whether anti-CCP-negative RA is associated...
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