OP0053 HLA DRB1 Amino Acid Position 11 is Strongly Associated with Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis in Black South Africans

Background The “shared epitope” (SE) encoded by HLA-DRB1 alleles are the strongest association with susceptibility for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We have previously shown that 90% of black South African (BSA) RA patients carry at least one copy of the SE alleles (1). Recently, Valine at amino acid p...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of the rheumatic diseases 2013-06, Vol.72 (Suppl 3), p.A67-A68
Hauptverfasser:	Govind, N., Reynolds, R. J., Hodkinson, B., Ickinger, C., Frost, J., Ramsay, M., Causey, Z., Bridges, S. L., Tikly, M.
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Sprache:	eng
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