HLA class II genes in Latvian patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

doi:10.1111/j.1399-0039.1997.tb02711.x

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HLA class II genes in Latvian patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

Tissue antigens - 1 Jan 1997

Rumba I, Denisova A, Sochnev A, Nilsson B, Sanjeevi C B

Abstract excerpt

PCR-based HLA genotyping was used to analyze the association of HLA-DR and -DQ genes in 127 juvenile rheumatoid arthritis patients and 111 population-based controls from Latvia. The results show DQA1*03 to be positively associated in overall patients and DRB1*01-DQA1*0101-DQB1*0501 to be negative...

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Alleles
Arthritis, Juvenile
HLA-DQ Antigens
HLA-DQ alpha-Chains
HLA-DQ beta-Chains
HLA-DR Antigens
HLA-DRB1 Chains
Humans
Latvia
Rheumatoid Factor

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