Article
Meta-analysis reveals association between most common class II haplotype in full-heritage Native Americans and rheumatoid arthritis.
Human immunology - 1 Jan 1995
Williams R C, Jacobsson L T, Knowler W C, del Puente A, Kostyu D, McAuley J E, Bennett P H, Pettitt D J
Abstract excerpt
The association of RA with the alleles at the HLA system was tested among Pima and Tohono O'odham Indians (Pimans) of the Gila River Indian Community of Arizona. Serologic class I (HLA-A, -B, and -C) alleles were typed in 51 individuals with RA and in 302 without RA. Serologic class II (HLA-DR, D...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Alleles
- Arizona
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Case-Control Studies
- Child
- Disease Susceptibility
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- HLA-DR Antigens
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Indians, North American
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Risk Factors