Article
[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...
Topics
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- HLA Antigens
- HLA-DR4 Antigen
- Humans
- Male
- Phenotype
- Risk Factors