Article
HLA-DRB1 genotyping in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in Taiwan.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Aug 1995
Yen J H, Chen J R, Tsai W J, Tsai J J, Liu H W
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relation of HLA-DR alleles to the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the correlations between HLA-DR alleles and clinical manifestations of patients with RA in Taiwan. METHODS: The HLA-DRB1 alleles were studied in 144 patients with RA and 154 healthy controls using polymerase chain reaction/sequence specific oligonucleotide probe methods. The subtypes of HLA-DR4 were...
Topics
- Alleles
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Base Sequence
- Bone and Bones
- Genotype
- HLA-DR Antigens
- HLA-DR4 Antigen
- HLA-DRB1 Chains
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Oligonucleotide Probes