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Only weak association between disease severity and HLA-DRB 1 genes in a Swiss population of rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Rheumatology international - 1 Jan 1996
Seitz M, Perler M, Pichler W
Abstract excerpt
This study analyses the prognostic value of HLA-DRB 1 genes for Swiss patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). HLA-DRB 1 genotyping was performed in 83 patients using the polymerase chain reaction and subsequent oligonucleotide hybridisation. They were categorised according to the presence of one or two putatively relevant genes (DRB 1*01 and/or DRB 1*04) and retrospectively evaluated for sex, age at disease...
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