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Connective tissue disease in southeast Georgia. A community based study of immunogenetic markers and autoantibodies.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Aug 1990
Arnett F C, Bias W B, McLean R H, Engel M, Duvic M, Goldstein R, Freni-Titulaer L, McKinley T W, Hochberg M C
Abstract excerpt
HLA antigens, C4 allotypes and T cell antigen receptor (TcR)beta DNA polymorphisms were determined in a community based study of connective tissue diseases (CTD). HLA-B8, DR3 and C4A null phenotypes occurred frequently in Caucasian patients with CTD, especially those with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but were also more commonly found among healthy white controls of this southeast Georgia community. TcR...
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