Role of HLA-DR-DR and DR-DQ associations in the expression of extraarticular manifestations and rheumatoid factor in rheumatoid arthritis.

Aleth Perdriger, G. Chalès, G. Sémana, Pascal Guggenbuhl, Olivier Meyer, F. Quillivic, Y Pawlotsky

PubMed · 1997 · 37 citations · 0 references

Abstract

Our data suggest that a distinct immunogenetic association is involved in the extraarticular manifestations of RA and in the expression of RF.