Article
HLA-DPB1 alleles in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Singal D P, Sastry A, Buchanan W W
Abstract excerpt
The distribution of HLA-DPB1 alleles was studied in 94 adult Caucasian RA patients (65 = seropositive, 29 = seronegative) and 40 normal controls. The DPB1 alleles were defined by oligonucleotide typing of polymerase chain (PCR)-amplified genomic DNA. The prevalence of the DPB1*0402 allele was hig...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- HLA-DP Antigens
- HLA-DP beta-Chains
- HLA-DR1 Antigen
- HLA-DR4 Antigen
- Humans
- Reference Values