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Seronegative and weakly seropositive rheumatoid arthritis differ from clearly seropositive rheumatoid arthritis in HLA class II associations.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Aug 1994
Ploski R, Mellbye O J, Rønningen K S, Førre O, Thorsby E
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OBJECTIVE: To study the role of HLA class II genes in conferring susceptibility to seronegative vs seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: The distribution of DRB1 and DPB1 alleles in 33 seronegative, 20 weakly seropositive, 79 distinctly seropositive patients with RA, and in 181 healthy controls was determined by genomic typing: IgM rheumatoid factor (RF) seronegativity was ascertained in Waalers'...
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