HLA and T Cell Receptor Polymorphisms in
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Barbara S. Nepom; Uma Malhotra; David A. Schwarz; James W. Nettles; Jane G. Scha
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Article
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1991
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The immunogenetic basis of pauciarticular-onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is unclear. We therefore analyzed the HLA and T cell receptor genes present in a clinically well-defined group of patients. We found that the DR8 haplotype contributes most of the HLAassociated risk, although alleles at ot