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Meta-analysis of the association between HLA-DRB1 allele and rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility in Asian populations.
Journal of Korean medical science - 1 Dec 2007
Jun Kyung Ran, Choi Sung Eun, Cha Choong Hwan, Oh Heung Bum, Heo Yong Seok, Ahn Hong Yup, Lee Kwan Jeh
Abstract excerpt
The aims of this study were to summarize results on the association of HLA-DRB1 with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Asians and to determine if the shared epitope (SE) hypothesis could explain the meta-analysis results. Among the papers published between January 1987 and July 2006 on RA susceptibility in Asian-Mongoloid populations (Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and Thai), 12 were selected for the metaanalysis....
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