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Association of human leukocyte antigen alleles with chronic lung diseases in rheumatoid arthritis.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Jul 2016
Oka Shomi, Furukawa Hiroshi, Shimada Kota, Sugii Shoji, Hashimoto Atsushi, Komiya Akiko, Fukui Naoshi, Suda Akiko, Tsunoda Shinichiro, Ito Satoshi, Katayama Masao, Nakamura Tadashi, Saisho Koichiro, Sano Hajime, Migita Kiyoshi, Nagaoka Shouhei, Tsuchiya Naoyuki, Tohma Shigeto
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OBJECTIVES: Chronic lung diseases including interstitial lung disease and airway disease (AD) occur in RA patients. Interstitial lung disease and AD in RA are extra-articular manifestations that influence the prognosis quoad vitam of RA. Studies on associations of HLA alleles with RA have been carried out, and shared epitopes of several alleles are reported to be associated with RA susceptibility. Few association...
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