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[HLA-antigens in patients with rheumatoid arthritis].
Zeitschrift fur die gesamte innere Medizin und ihre Grenzgebiete - 1 Jan 2000
Wegener S, Bruhn P, Keysser M
Abstract excerpt
109 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from the north of the GDR were HLA typed and the antigen frequencies compared with those of a control group. Even in our patients the HLA-DR4 association was demonstrable. But in all studies DR4 association is not strong enough for taking HLA typing as a diagnostic test for RA. There was an immunogenetic heterogeneity in correlation to side effects of therapy with...
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