HLA and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

Article

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 i...

Topics

Adult
Alleles
Amino Acid Sequence
Arthritis, Juvenile
Child
Czech Republic
Genes, MHC Class II
HLA-D Antigens
HLA-DP Antigens
HLA-DP beta-Chains
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data

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