Title : Association of HLA-Dw16 with rheumatoid arthritis in Yakima Indians. Further evidence for the "shared epitope" hypothesis.

Pub. Date : 1991 Jan

PMID : 1701997






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1 Using a specific oligonucleotide probe that recognizes DR4 nucleotide sequences associated with RA, a rare HLA-Dw16 gene was identified in 83% of Yakima patients with RA and in 60% of Yakima control subjects. Oligonucleotides major histocompatibility complex, class II, DR beta 4 Homo sapiens