Article
Transmission disequilibrium as a test of linkage and association between HLA alleles and pauciarticular-onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Sept 1998
Moroldo M B, Donnelly P, Saunders J, Glass D N, Giannini E H
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine if HLA class I and II alleles previously found to be associated with (or protective against) pauciarticular-onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (pauci-onset JRA) in population-association studies are transmitted from heterozygous parents to an extent different from the exp...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alleles
- Arthritis, Juvenile
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Genetic Heterogeneity
- HLA Antigens
- Histocompatibility Testing
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Male