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Severe systemic sclerosis with anti-topoisomerase I antibodies is associated with an HLA-DRw11 allele.
Human immunology - 1 Jun 1994
Morel P A, Chang H J, Wilson J W, Conte C, Saidman S L, Bray J D, Tweardy D J, Medsger T A
Abstract excerpt
SSc is an autoimmune connective tissue disease in which strong HLA associations have not been described. Anti-topo I antibodies are recognized, in general, in SSc patients with diffuse cutaneous involvement, whereas anti-ACAs are found in individuals with limited cutaneous involvement. We studied 95 Caucasian SSc patients, 44 with anti-topo I antibodies and 51 with neither anti-topo I nor ACA, for HLA-DR...
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