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Association of HLA-DR with progressive systemic sclerosis in Japanese.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 May 1994
Takeuchi F, Nakano K, Yamada H, Hong G H, Nabeta H, Yoshida A, Matsuta K, Bannai M, Tokunaga K, Ito K
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To clarify the contribution of HLA-DR genes to the susceptibility to progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS). METHODS: HLA-DR typing was carried out in 36 Japanese patients with PSS, 42 with systemic lupus erythematosus and 104 healthy subjects by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method using specific primers and by PCR-SSCP (single-standard DNA conformation polymorphism) method. RESULTS: A haplotype...
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