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The role of KIR2DL3/HLA-C*0802 in Brazilian patients with rheumatoid vasculitis.
Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) - 1 Jun 2015
Nishimura Wester Eidi, Sachetto Zoraida, Costallat Lilian Teresa Lavras, Yazbek Michel Alexandre, Londe Ana Carolina Santos, Guariento Edilaine Gildo, Marques Silvia Barbosa Dutra, Bertolo Manoel Barros
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OBJECTIVES: Rheumatoid arthritis is a polygenically controlled systemic autoimmune disease. Rheumatoid vasculitis is an important extra-articular phenotype of rheumatoid arthritis that can result in deep cutaneous ulcers. The objective of this study was to establish a correlation between the freq...
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