Article
HLA associations of seropositive rheumatoid arthritis in a Cree and Ojibway population.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Dec 1998
Oen K, El-Gabalawy H S, Canvin J M, Hitchon C, Chalmers I M, Schroeder M, Jacobson K, Reed M, Wood S, Cheang M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the HLA associations of seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in a Cree and Ojibway population; to determine whether specific alleles distinguish juvenile or adult onset. METHODS: HLA-A, B, C, and DRB1 alleles were analyzed in 23 Ojibway and Cree patients with RA seen in...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Alleles
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Canada
- Case-Control Studies
- Gene Frequency
- HLA Antigens
- HLA-A Antigens
- HLA-B Antigens
- HLA-DR Antigens
- HLA-DRB1 Chains
