Association of erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein and clinical findings with HLA-DQ8 allele in Rheumatoid Arthritis patients

Background ― Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory, autoimmune disease induced by certain auto-antigens. HLA-DRB1*0401 allele has a significant relationship with RA incident. Additionally, DQβ1*0301, *302(DQ8), *303, and *304 can increase RA risk especially in DQA1*0301 and *302 coincident. R...

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Main Authors: Karim Mowla, Najmeh Ahmadzadeh Goli, Reza Kazemi Nezhad, Zeinab Deris Zayeri, Mehrdad Dargahi Mal-Amir, Elham Rajaei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Limited liability company «Science and Innovations» (Saratov) 2019-03-01
Series:Russian Open Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.romj.org/node/256