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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...
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