Seronegative and weakly seropositive rheumatoid arthritis differ from clearly seropositive rheumatoid arthritis in HLA class II associations.

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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...

Topics

Adult
Aged
Alleles
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
Case-Control Studies
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Female
Genes, MHC Class II
Genotype
HLA-DR Antigens
HLA-DRB1 Chains
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Norway
Rheumatoid Factor

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PMID: 7983637

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