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Anti-glucose-6-phosphate isomerase, anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies and HLA-DRB1 genotypes in Japanese patients with early rheumatoid arthritis.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Furuya T, Matsumoto I, Tsuchiya N, Hakoda M, Ichikawa N, Yago T, Higami K, Nanke Y, Sumida T, Kamatani N, Kotake S
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OBJECTIVE: Our goal was to evaluate the associations of antibodies (Abs) to glucose-6-phosphate isomerase (GPI) with Abs to cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) and HLA-DRB1 genotypes in Japanese patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: One hundred and eight patients with early RA (85 female, 23 male) who visited our clinic within 1 year of symptom onset were examined for anti-GPI and anti-CCP Ab...
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