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Susceptibility to relapsing polychondritis is associated with HLA-DR4.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 May 1993
Lang B, Rothenfusser A, Lanchbury J S, Rauh G, Breedveld F C, Urlacher A, Albert E D, Peter H H, Melchers I
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of HLA class II antigens in Caucasian central European patients with relapsing polychondritis (RP). METHODS: HLA class I, DR, and DQ specificities were identified in 41 patients with RP, and the frequencies were compared with those in 204 healthy, unrelated control subjects. HLA typing was performed using the standard complement-dependent microcytotoxicity assay. HLA-DR...
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