Matters Arising: HLA-DR-DQ haplotypes and genotypes in Finnish patients with rheumatoid arthritis


Autoria(s): Harney, S.; Wordsworth, B. P.; Brown, M A; Laivoranta-Nyman, S.; Ilonen, J.; Hermann, R.; Möttönen, T.; Toivanen, A.; Tuokko, J.; Luukkainen, R.; Hakala, M.; Hannonen, P.; Korpela, M.; Yli-Kerthula, U.
Data(s)

01/04/2005

Resumo

We read with great interest the paper by Laivoranta-Nyman et al.1 They studied Finnish patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and controls, and suggested that there exist susceptibility, neutral and protective HLA-DR-DQ haplotypes that do not match the predictions of current hypotheses for the mechanism of association of the HLA class II region and RA...

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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/87737/

Publicador

BMJ Publishing Group

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Harney, S., Wordsworth, B. P., Brown, M A, Laivoranta-Nyman, S., Ilonen, J., Hermann, R., Möttönen, T., Toivanen, A., Tuokko, J., Luukkainen, R., Hakala, M., Hannonen, P., Korpela, M., & Yli-Kerthula, U. (2005) Matters Arising: HLA-DR-DQ haplotypes and genotypes in Finnish patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 64(4), p. 655.

Fonte

School of Biomedical Sciences; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation

Palavras-Chave #HLA antigen class 2 #HLA DQ antigen #HLA DR antigen #major histocompatibility antigen class 3 #controlled study #Finland #gene frequency #genetic susceptibility #genotype #haplotype #human #letter #major clinical study #priority journal #rheumatoid arthritis #statistical analysis #Arthritis #Rheumatoid #Genetic Predisposition to Disease #Haplotypes #HLA-DQ Antigens #HLA-DR Antigens #Humans
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Journal Article