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Abstract Number: 1486 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
High Resolution HLA Analysis In Primary and Secondary Sjögren’s Syndrome
Gabriela Hernandez-Molina¹, Jose Manuel Rodriguez-Perez², Nancy Martínez-Rodríguez², Guadualupe Lima³, Gilberto Vargas-Alarcon⁴ and Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero⁵, ¹Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Department of Molecular Biology, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez, Mexico City, Mexico, ³Immunology and Rheumatology Department, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁴Molecular Biology, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁵UHN Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The Class II HLA-DR and HLA-DQ alleles have been associated with primary Sjögren’s Syndrome (SS) susceptibility. The aim of this study was to explore…

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