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[Immunogenetic analysis of rheumatoid arthritis in the Japanese population].
Fukuoka igaku zasshi = Hukuoka acta medica - 1 Feb 1993
Tsuchiya K
Abstract excerpt
To reveal immunogenetic factors involved in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis(RA), two hundreds and four unrelated Japanese patients with RA were typed for HLA by both serologic typing and DNA typing using polymerase chain reaction-sequence specific oligonucleotide probe (PCR-SSOP) method. Serologic HLA typing data showed that frequencies of HLA-A11, DR4, DR53, and DQ4 were increased and those of DR8,...
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