Article
Association of DMA and DMB with RA in Japanese.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Takeuchi F, Nabeta H, Kuwata S, Tanimoto K, Ito K
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The contribution of polymorphism of DMA and DMB alleles to the pathogenesis of Japanese RA was studied. The association of DM alleles with HLA-DRB1*0405 and *0802, which were positively and negatively susceptible to Japanese RA, respectively, is also discussed. METHODS: DMA and DMB typing was carried out in 91 Japanese RA patients and in 77 normal subjects by the PCR-RFLP (restriction fragment length...
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