Article
HLA-DR1, DR4, and DRB1 disease related subtypes in rheumatoid arthritis. Association with susceptibility but not severity in a city wide community based study.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Nov 1995
Suarez-Almazor M E, Tao S, Moustarah F, Russell A S, Maksymowych W
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship of DR1, DR4, and DR4 subtypes with disease severity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: We studied a cohort of 103 Caucasian patients with an onset of disease in 1985, and 6 to 7 years of disease at the time of the study. All rheumatologis...
Topics
- Alleles
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Cohort Studies
- Disease Progression
- Disease Susceptibility
- Genotype
- HLA-DR Antigens
- HLA-DR1 Antigen
- HLA-DR4 Antigen
- HLA-DRB1 Chains
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Reference Values
- Regression Analysis
- Severity of Illness Index