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Association of HLA class I and class II alleles with myositis in Japanese patients.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Jun 1998
Furuya T, Hakoda M, Higami K, Ueda H, Tsuchiya N, Tokunaga K, Kamatani N, Kashiwazaki S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the correlation of HLA class I and class II antigens and alleles with various forms of myositis in Japanese patients. METHODS: Eighty-four Japanese patients with myositis [22 with polymyositis (PM), 46 with dermatomyositis (DM), 16 with myositis overlapping with other collagen vascular diseases] were typed serologically for HLA-A, B, C antigens. HLA-DRB1, DQA1, and DQB1 alleles were...
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