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Shock revelations about HLA–DR4 — a shortcut to rheumatoid arthritis?

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Binding of an endogenous heat shock protein to HLA-DR4 may influence antigen processing pathways and be relevant to rheumatoid arthritis (pages 306–310).

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Ollier, B. Shock revelations about HLA–DR4 — a shortcut to rheumatoid arthritis?. Nat Med 2, 279–280 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0396-279

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