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Persistent synovitis in two children with Lyme arthritis linked with HLA-DRB1*1104

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Abbreviations

EOPA-JCA :

early onset pauciarticular juvenile chronic arthritis

hLFA-1 :

human leucocyte function-associated antigen-1

LA :

Lyme arthritis

LD :

Lyme disease

JIA :

juvenile idiopathic arthritis

MHC :

major histocompatibility complex

oJIA :

oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis

RA :

rheumatoid arthritis

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, Paediatric Orthopaedic and Rheumatology unit, Academisch Ziekenhuis -Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan,101, 1090, Brussels, Belgium

    Guy Hendrickx & Yvan Vandenplas

  2. HLA laboratory, Academisch Ziekenhuis -Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan, 105, 1090, Brussels, Belgium

    Christian Demanet

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Hendrickx, G., Demanet, C. & Vandenplas, Y. Persistent synovitis in two children with Lyme arthritis linked with HLA-DRB1*1104. Eur J Pediatr 165, 420–421 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-006-0086-3

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