1. Association between HLA-DR antigens and rheumatoid arthritis in Arabs
- Author
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T. N. Sugathan, Behbehani K, R. T. Guindi, M A Sattar, and al-Saffar M
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Adult ,Male ,Risk ,musculoskeletal diseases ,HLA-DR5 ,Immunology ,Arthritis ,Human leukocyte antigen ,HLA-DR5 Antigen ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,HLA-B8 Antigen ,Arthritis, Rheumatoid ,HLA-DR3 Antigen ,Rheumatology ,Antigen ,Prevalence ,medicine ,HLA-B Antigens ,Genetic predisposition ,Humans ,Immunology and Allergy ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,HLA-A Antigens ,business.industry ,HLA-DR Antigens ,medicine.disease ,HLA-A ,Kuwait ,Rheumatoid arthritis ,Female ,Disease Susceptibility ,business ,Research Article - Abstract
Eighty five Arab patients with classical and definite rheumatoid arthritis were typed to determine the prevalence of HLA A, B, C, and DR antigens. A significant increase in the prevalence of HLA-A10, B8, B21, and DR3 was found in comparison with a control population matched for age and sex. HLA-DR5 was significantly decreased in the patient group. The classical association of HLA-DR4 with rheumatoid arthritis could not be confirmed in the Arab patients resident in Kuwait, supporting reported observations in different ethnic groups of associations with HLA antigens other than HLA-DR4 and indicating a heterogeneous genetic susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis.
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- 1990