Article
Lack of association of T cell receptor V beta 8 polymorphism with rheumatoid arthritis in United Kingdom and Italian white patients.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 May 1994
Lunardi C, Ibberson M, Zeminian S, De Sandre G, So A K
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To study if the reported association of a BamH I 2kb RFLP of the T cell receptor V beta 8 gene with DR4+ rheumatoid arthritis patients is found in non-American white populations. METHODS: The frequency of this RFLP in two different populations was analysed. Eighty one northern Italian...
Topics
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Genotype
- HLA-DR1 Antigen
- HLA-DR4 Antigen
- Humans
- Italy
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta
- United Kingdom