Recent advances in the genetics of RA susceptibility.

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RA is a common autoimmune disease with a complex aetiology in which genetic and environmental factors contribute to disease. The genetic component of RA is largely undefined and, up until very recently, there were only two reproducible associations. The strongest of these associations is of genes within the HLA region, particularly the HLA-DRB1 gene. A second, more modest, association identified has been of the...

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