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Association of HLA-DRB1 and -DQB1alleles and haplotypes with rheumatoid arthritis in a Pakistani population.
Arthritis research & therapy - 22 Aug 2013
Muazzam Ambreen Gul, Mansoor Atika, Ali Lubna, Siddiqi Saima, Hameed Abdul, Ajmal Muhammad, Mazhar Kehkashan
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INTRODUCTION: Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease with poorly understood pathophysiology. Genetic components of disease etiology, especially human leukocyte antigen (HLA) associations, are well known. Ethnic differences account for a number of variations in disease association with the HLA locus and there seem to be differences in various studies regarding its genetic predisposition. This study was...
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