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[Diagnostic value of the HLA phenotype in inflammatory rheumatic diseases].
Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983) - 28 Jun 1997
Saraux A, Guedes C, Allain J, Devauchelle V, Valls I, Baron D, Youinou P, Le Goff P
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OBJECTIVES: HLA phenotyping is usually considered as costly and unnecessary for the diagnosis of inflammatory rheumatoid diseases. The aim of our work was to assess the diagnostic value of HLA phenotyping compared with the diagnostic value of sex and age at the onset of disease in cases where there is a doubt between rheumatoid polyarthritis and spondyloarthropathy with peripheral involvement. METHODS: The...
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