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Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor gene's repertoire in rheumatoid arthritis.
Scandinavian journal of rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Yen J-H, Lin C-H, Tsai W-C, Wu C-C, Ou T-T, Hu C-J, Liu H-W
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of the killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) gene's repertoire in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Taiwan. METHODS: KIR genotypes were determined in 122 patients with RA and 96 healthy controls by the sequence-specific primer polymerase chain reaction (SSP-PCR) method. Human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-C genotyping was also performed simultaneously in 72...
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