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Oligonucleotide genotyping of HLA-DRB1 04 and HLA-DQB1 03 among Russians in west Siberia suffering from rheumatoid arthritis.
Experimental and clinical immunogenetics - 1 Jan 1994
Konenkov V, Sartakova M, Kimura A
Abstract excerpt
To determine the HLA-DRB1 04 and HLA-DQB1 03 variants associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) among Russians who live in West Siberia, we studied patients with RA using the polymerase chain reaction and dot-blot hybridization with oligonucleotide probes. A significant increase was seen only for DRB1 0404/08, although the predominant variant in DR4+ RA patients was DRB1 0401. We found no significant difference...
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