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HLA-DRB1 gene sequences in HLA-DR4 positive and negative patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Apr 1993
Becking A, Pluschke G, Krawinkel U, Melchers I, Peter H H, Lang B
Abstract excerpt
The second exon of the DRB1 gene encoding for the first domain of the HLA-DR beta 1-chain was sequenced in 16 patients (10 DR4/DR1 positive, 6 DR4/DR1 negative) with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We could confirm the strong association of susceptibility to RA with functionally equivalent conformations on otherwise distinct MHC molecules. At least one HLA-DR allele in all of the analysed DR4 or DR1...
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