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HLA and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Medica - 1 Jan 1994
Cerná M, Vavrincová P, Havelka S
Abstract excerpt
HLA class II analysis in a group of 153 Czech children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis by PCR and oligonucleotide hybridization demonstrated associations with several alleles. DRB1*0801 (RR = 5.3, p < 0.005) and DRB1 * 11 (RR = 2.2, p < 0.01) including all subtypes were shown to be increased in the rheumatoid factor-negative group (N = 137). The same results were observed in Italy, England and Norway. In...
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