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Significance of SAA1.3 allele genotype in Japanese patients with amyloidosis secondary to rheumatoid arthritis.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Jan 2006
Nakamura T, Higashi S, Tomoda K, Tsukano M, Baba S, Shono M
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OBJECTIVE: To clarify the clinical significance of the SAA1.3 allele in the development and outcome of AA amyloidosis in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: One hundred and twenty RA patients (60 alive and 60 dead) fulfilling the 1987 ACR criteria and 62 RA patients with biopsy-confirmed amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis (36 alive and 26 dead) were enrolled. The SAA1 genotypes were determined by...
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