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Association of HLA-DRB1*01 with Dupuytren's disease.
Scandinavian journal of rheumatology - 1 Jan 2013
Jónsson T, Gudmundsson K G, Bjarnadóttir K, Hjálmarsdótti I B, Gudmundsson S, Arngrímsson R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To explore the human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1 allele frequency in Dupuytren's disease (DD). METHOD: HLA-DRB1 genotypes were analysed by sequence-specific primers (SSPs) in samples collected from 172 men participating in a nested case-control study on the clinical manifestations and progression of DD. Of those, 121 had signs of DD while 51 did not. Of the 121 men with DD, 49 had contracted fingers...
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