Female sex increases risk for rheumatoid arthritis only in individuals encoding low-risk HLA-DRB1 alleles.
de Vries
Niek
N
Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Tak
Paul P
PP
Tijssen
Henk
H
van Riel
Piet L C M
PL
van de Putte
Leo B A
LB
D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012737:Sex Factors
D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains