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Immunogenetics of polymyalgia rheumatica.
British journal of rheumatology - 1 Oct 1990
Sakkas L I, Loqueman N, Panayi G S, Myles A B, Welsh K I
Abstract excerpt
Evidence suggests that polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) may be an immune-mediated disease. Therefore, the role of HLA class II genes, the switch region of immunoglobin mu and alpha 1 heavy chain as the T-cell receptor (TcR) genes were investigated by Southern blot analysis. The frequency of DR4 specificity was increased in PMR (67.4% versus 30.3%; P = 0.00017). No association was found with the DQA and DQB genes, the...
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