Article
Human leukocyte antigen-DRB1*1104 in the chronic iridocyclitis of pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Jul 1992
Melin-Aldana H, Giannini E H, Taylor J, Lovell D J, Levinson J E, Passo M H, Ginsberg J, Burke M J, Glass D N
Abstract excerpt
To determine whether genetic markers for chronic iridocyclitis could be identified, we used both serologic and oligonucleotide dot blot techniques to characterize immunogenetically 164 children with early-onset pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Seventy-eight children (47.6%) had chronic iridocyclitis and 86 (52.4%) had not had evidence of eye disease during a mean follow-up period after the onset of...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Antibodies, Antinuclear
- Arthritis, Juvenile
- Child
- Chronic Disease
- DNA Probes
- Disease Susceptibility
- Gene Amplification
- Genes, MHC Class II
- Genetic Markers
