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Challenges in mapping non–HLA–DRB1 major histocompatibility genes in rheumatoid arthritis: Comment on the article by Vignal et al
Matthew Brown MBBS, MD, FRACP,
Matthew Brown MBBS, MD, FRACP
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Search for more papers by this author Julia Newton MRCP, DPhil,
Julia Newton MRCP, DPhil
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre National Health Service Trust, Oxford, UK
Search for more papers by this author Sinéad M. Harney MRCPI, DPhil,
Sinéad M. Harney MRCPI, DPhil
Cork University Hospital, Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Search for more papers by this author Paul Wordsworth MB, FRCP,
Paul Wordsworth MB, FRCP
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Search for more papers by this author
Matthew Brown MBBS, MD, FRACP,
Matthew Brown MBBS, MD, FRACP
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Search for more papers by this author Julia Newton MRCP, DPhil,
Julia Newton MRCP, DPhil
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre National Health Service Trust, Oxford, UK
Search for more papers by this author Sinéad M. Harney MRCPI, DPhil,
Sinéad M. Harney MRCPI, DPhil
Cork University Hospital, Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Search for more papers by this author Paul Wordsworth MB, FRCP,
Paul Wordsworth MB, FRCP
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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First published: 29 June 2009
No abstract is available for this article.
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Genetic association of the major histocompatibility complex with rheumatoid arthritis implicates two non-DRB1 loci.
Arthritis Rheum
2009;
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