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Human leucocyte antigen phenotypes and gold-induced remissions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
British journal of rheumatology - 1 Apr 1995
ten Wolde S, Dijkmans B A, van Rood J J, Claas F H, De Vries R R, Hazes J M, van Riel P L, van Gestel A, Breedveld F C
Abstract excerpt
To assess possible associations between human leucocyte antigens (HLA) and the achievement of remission during gold treatment, HLA typing was performed in 67 rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with a gold-induced remission and in 25 control RA patients who discontinued gold therapy because of lack of efficacy. Both groups of RA patients showed a significantly higher frequency of DR4 antigen and lower frequency of...
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