Article
[Immunogenetic studies in patients with IgM rheumatoid factor negative erosive chronic polyarthritis (c.p.)].
Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie - 1 Jan 2000
Bröll H, Haberhauer G
Abstract excerpt
40 patients with erosive rheumatoid arthritis (RA), 20 of whom were IgM-negative and 20 IgM-positive, were studied prospectively with regard to their association with HLA-B-CREGs (B5-, B8-, B12-, B16-, B27-CREG). We found a highly significant association of IgM-negative RA patients and B5-CREG-antigens (Chi2 = 28.6; p less than 0.001).
Topics
- Alleles
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Chromosome Mapping
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- HLA Antigens
- HLA-B Antigens
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin M
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Rheumatoid Factor
