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HLA-DRB1, DQA1, and DQB1 genotypes and risk of vasculitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 May 1997
Voskuyl A E, Hazes J M, Schreuder G M, Schipper R F, de Vries R R, Breedveld F C
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of rheumatoid vasculitis (RV) with the expression of the shared epitope, HLA-DRB1*04, DQA1, and DQB1 alleles. METHODS: A case-control study was designed to compare the frequency of the shared epitope, DRB1*04 alleles, DQA1, and DQB1 alleles of 31 patients with RV with that of 76 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) without vasculitis. RV cases were discerned in...
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