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HLA DRB1* alleles in rheumatoid nodulosis: a comparative study with rheumatoid arthritis with and without nodules.
Rheumatology international - 1 Jan 1998
Toussirot E, Tiberghien P, Balblanc J C, Kremer P, Despaux J, Dupond J L, Wendling D
Abstract excerpt
Rheumatoid nodulosis (RN) is a rare condition associating rheumatoid nodules, episodes of arthritis, cystic bone lesions and, generally, positive rheumatoid factors (RF). It is considered a benign variant of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In this study, we determined the HLA DRB1* alleles of our RN patients and compared the distribution of these alleles to those of 74 healthy controls and 104 RA patients with and...
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