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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 negatively associated with JRA in overall patients and in polyarthritis patients compared to controls. These data indicate the...
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