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Compound heterozygosity for the shared epitope and the risk and severity of rheumatoid arthritis in extended pedigrees.
British journal of rheumatology - 1 Mar 1997
McDonagh J E, Dunn A, Ollier W E, Walker D J
Abstract excerpt
The objective was to explore the role of HLA-DRB1 genes in determining disease severity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The population comprised extended pedigrees of 17 multicase RA families. Family members were genotyped for both HLA-DRB1 alleles using restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP). Identification of HLA-DRB1*04 variants was performed using the Multiplex ARMS-RFLP technique. Compound...
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