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HLA-DRB1*04 alleles in Japanese rheumatoid arthritis patients with AA amyloidosis.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Nov 2006
Migita Kiyoshi, Nakamura Tadashi, Maeda Yumi, Miyashita Taichiro, Origuchi Tomoki, Yatsuhashi Hiroshi, Nakamura Minoru, Ishibashi Hiromi, Eguchi Katsumi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To compare the HLA-DRB1 shared epitope (SE) alleles in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis versus those without AA amyloidosis. METHODS: The HLA-DRB1 alleles were genotyped for 91 RA patients without AA amyloidosis, 33 RA patients with AA amyloidosis, and 63 control subjects. HLA-DRB1 typing was performed by polymerase chain reaction, sequence-specific...
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