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Immunogenetics of polymyalgia rheumatica.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
al-Jarallah K F, Buchanan W W, Sastry A, Singal D P
Abstract excerpt
The distribution of HLA-D region antigens was studied in 17 patients with well-documented polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). HLA-D region antigens were defined by the oligonucleotide typing of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-amplified genomic DNA. The results demonstrate that the prevalence of DR4 was significantly higher (p < 0.0002; RR = 8.10) in patients (70.6%) compared to normal controls (22.9%), and the...
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