The homozygote of HLA-DRB1*0901, not its heterozygote, is associated with rheumatoid arthritis in Japanese

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 381-382

  Wakitani, Shigeyuki ^a   Imoto, Kazuhiko ^a   Murata, Norikazu ^a   Toda, Yoshitaka ^b   Ogawa, Ryokei ^b   Ochi, Takahiro ^c  

^a MINAMI OSAKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene dosage effect; HLA DRB1*0901; Homozygote; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE DOSAGE; HLA TYPING; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ALLELES; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DNA; GENE DOSAGE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; JAPAN;

EID: 0031724128     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009749850154447     Document Type: Article

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