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HLA class 2 genes in Singaporean Chinese rheumatoid arthritis.
British journal of rheumatology - 1 Aug 1994
Chan S H, Lin Y N, Wee G B, Koh W H, Boey M L
Abstract excerpt
This study analysed HLA class 1 and 2 allele associations in Singaporean Chinese patients with RA. Seventy patients (ARA definite or classical) and 80 controls were typed for HLA class 1 alleles by serology and class 2 alleles by serology and the PCR/SSO method. RA patients had higher frequencies of DRB1*0405 (40 vs 12.5%; corrected probability value (PC) < 0.02, relative risk (RR) = 4.7, 95% confidence limit...
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