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Brief Report: Influence of HLA-DRB1 Susceptibility Alleles on the Clinical Subphenotypes of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Koreans.
Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) - 1 May 2016
Bang So-Young, Choi Ji-Young, Park Songree, Choi Jeongim, Hong Seung-Jae, Lee Hye-Soon, Choi Chan-Bum, Bae Sang-Cheol
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between HLA-DRB1 alleles and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) susceptibility and features of SLE, such as clinical manifestations and autoantibody profiles, in a Korean population. METHODS: We tested the genetic associations between HLA-DRB1 alleles and SLE susceptibility and clinical subphenotypes in 1,089 patients with SLE and 2,161 control subjects, including a...
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