Mattey, DL, Hassell, AB, Plant, MJ, Cheung, NT, Dawes, PT, Jones, PW, Thomson, W, Poulton, KV, Hajeer, AH and Ollier, WE (1999) The influence of HLA-DRB1 alleles encoding the DERAA amino acid motif on radiological outcome in rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford), 38 (12). 1221 - 1227. ISSN 1462-0324

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Abstract

To investigate the influence of HLA-DRB1 alleles encoding the QK/RRAA shared epitope (SE) on radiological outcome in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and to determine whether it is modulated by alleles carrying the putative rheumatoid arthritis-protective (RAP) sequence DERAA. Patients and methods. The association between erosive damage and HLA-DRB1 status was examined in 315 RA patients with a disease duration of 5-30 yr. Radiological outcome was measured by scoring X-rays of the hands and feet using the standard radiographs of Larsen (Larsen score). HLA-DRB1 typing was carried out using polymerase chain reaction methodology.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Rheumatoid arthritis, HLA-DRB1, Shared epitope, Protective alleles, Radiological outcome
Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine
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Depositing User: Symplectic
Date Deposited: 27 Nov 2014 09:50
Last Modified: 08 Jun 2016 11:00
URI: https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/130

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