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Study on association of human leukocyte antigen-DRB1 alleles amongst Bangladeshi patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
International journal of rheumatic diseases - 1 Aug 2018
Begum Maksuma, Sattar Humayun, Haq Syed A, Islam Md Nazrul, Saha Sushanta K, Hassan M Masudul, Saha Ritu, Kabir Md Shahriar
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INTRODUCTION: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic and autoimmune disease affecting 0.5-1% of the world population. Genetic and environmental factors are already established as being involved in the development of RA. Different human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1 alleles have major pathogenic effects to the development of RA. OBJECTIVE: To determine the HLA-DRB1 allelic frequency of RA in one...
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