HLA DRB101 and DRB104 phenotyping does not predict the need for joint surgery in rheumatoid arthritis. A retrospective quantitative evaluation of 300 French patients

To determine if the presence of HLA-DR disease-associated epitopes predicts the need for total joint arthroplasty or joint fusion in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Tertiary-referral, monocenter study. Three hundred RA patients (1987 ACR criteria) were retrospectively evaluated; outcome measure was recou...

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