Association of HLA-DR with progressive systemic sclerosis in Japanese.

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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

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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 us...

Topics

Adult
Alleles
Autoimmune Diseases
Base Sequence
Female
Genotype
HLA-DR Antigens
Humans
Japan
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Sequence Data
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Scleroderma, Systemic

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