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Analysis of the HLA-DR gene frequencies in Japanese cases of juveniles rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis by oligonucleotide DNA typing

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HLA-DR gene frequencies in 59 Japanese children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) and 62 Japanese adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were analyzed by oligonucleotide DNA typing. As in other studies, the frequency of DRB1*0405 in RA patients was significantly higher than in the Japanese controls. In a comparison of non-calssified JRA patients with Japanese controls, no significant differences were observed in the frequency of DR types. However, when the JRA patients were classified into four clinical types, i.e., a rheumatoid factor-positive [RF(+)] polyarticular type, a rheumatoid factor-negative [RF(-)] polyarticular type, a pauciarticular type, and a systemic onset type, DRB1*0405 was found to be significantly higher in the RF(+) polyarticular JRA patients than in the controls (P>0.05). Thus, the RF(+) polyarticular type of JRA had the same HLA association as RA. This result is consistent with the fact that both RF(+) polyarticular JRA and RA cases have a similar clinical course.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Kyorin University School of Medicine, 6-20-2 Shinkawa, 181, Mitaka-city, Tokyo, Japan

    H. Okubo, S. Tanaka & N. Watanabe

  2. Department of Immunology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, 228, Kanagawa, Japan

    K. Itou, N. Kashiwagi & F. Obata

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Okubo, H., Itou, K., Tanaka, S. et al. Analysis of the HLA-DR gene frequencies in Japanese cases of juveniles rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis by oligonucleotide DNA typing. Rheumatol Int 13, 65–69 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00307736

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