Giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica can be differentiated by distinct patterns of HLA class II association.

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Giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica can be differentiated by distinct patterns of HLA class II association.

The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Nov 1998

Dababneh A, Gonzalez-Gay M A, Garcia-Porrua C, Hajeer A, Thomson W, Ollier W

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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) exhibit identical HLA class II associations. METHODS: A case-control association study was performed on a population sample from Lugo, in Northwestern Spain. DNA samples were available for 12...

Topics

Aged
Alleles
Epitopes
Female
Giant Cell Arteritis
HLA-DQ Antigens
HLA-DQ beta-Chains
HLA-DR Antigens
HLA-DRB1 Chains
Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
Humans
Male
Phenotype
Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Reference Values
Sex Characteristics

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PMID: 9818656

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