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Lack of influence of non-inherited maternal HLA-DR alleles on susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Apr 1995
Silman A J, Hay E M, Worthington J, Thomson W, Pepper L, Davidson J, Dyer P A, Ollier W E
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OBJECTIVE: To reproduce findings from previous reports that non-inherited maternal HLA class II antigens might contribute to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) susceptibility in the offspring. METHODS: Families were recruited from the Arthritis and Rheumatism Council's National Repository of RA families and HLA-DRB1 alleles were examined in these individuals and their first degree relatives using DNA typing methods....
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