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An association between the natural course of shoulder joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis and HLA-DRB1*0405 in Japanese patients.
Scandinavian journal of rheumatology - 1 Jan 1998
Wakitani S, Imoto K, Murata N, Oonishi H, Ochi T, Yoneda M
Abstract excerpt
To assess the association between HLA-DRB1 alleles and shoulder destruction due to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Japanese, we typed for HLA-DRB1 alleles in 100 Japanese RA patients who could be classified into 5 groups: non-progressive (N) with normal radiographs; erosive (E) showing marginal erosion but no collapse; collapse (C) showing subchondral cysts followed by collapse; arthrosis-like (A) showing...
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