Association of HLA-DRB1 alleles with rheumatoid arthritis in Split-Dalmatia County in southern Croatia.

Ivanka MarinovićEsma Čečuk-JeličićDijana PerkovićDaniela Marasović KrstulovićJure AljinovićDaniela ŠošoEla ŠkorićDušanka Martinović Kaliterna

Published in: Wiener klinische Wochenschrift (2022)

The observed higher incidence of more severe forms of RA in the SR in comparison to the rest of the SDC might be associated with the higher incidence of HLA-DRB1*04 allele in the SR.

Keyphrases

rheumatoid arthritis
risk factors
disease activity
ankylosing spondylitis
systemic lupus erythematosus
drug induced
systemic sclerosis