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Perinatal and early childhood risk factors associated with rheumatoid factor positivity in a healthy paediatric population.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Feb 2007
Young Kendra A, Parrish Lezlie A, Zerbe Gary O, Rewers Marian, Deane Kevin D, Michael Holers V, Norris Jill M
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OBJECTIVE: To examine perinatal and childhood risk factors for the presence of rheumatoid factor in healthy children. METHODS: The Diabetes Autoimmunity Study in the Young (DAISY) is a longitudinal study of children at increased risk of type 1 diabetes, based on possession of human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-DR4 and DR3 alleles or a family history of diabetes. 651 children who participated in DAISY, with an average...
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