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. 2004 Dec 28;63(12):2396-8.
doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000148588.15052.4c.

Associations with autoimmune disorders and HLA class I and II antigens in inclusion body myositis

U A Badrising  1 , G M Th Schreuder, M J Giphart, K Geleijns, J J G M Verschuuren, A R Wintzen, M L C Maat-Schieman, P van Doorn, B G M van Engelen, C G Faber, J E Hoogendijk, A E de Jager, P J Koehler, M de Visser, S G van Duinen; Dutch IBM Study Group
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Associations with autoimmune disorders and HLA class I and II antigens in inclusion body myositis

U A Badrising et al. Neurology. .

Abstract

Whether autoimmune mechanisms play a role in the pathogenesis of inclusion body myositis (IBM) is unknown. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) analysis in 52 patients, including 17 with autoimmune disorders (AIDs), showed that patients were more likely to have antigens from the autoimmune-prone HLA-B8-DR3 ancestral haplotype than healthy control subjects, irrespective of the presence of AIDs. Patients lacked the apparently protective HLA-DR53 antigen. The results provide further support for an autoimmune basis in IBM.

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