Objective The main genetic risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the HLA region, has
been known for 25 years. Previous research has demonstrated, within the RA population, an …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune/inflammatory disorder with a complex genetic
component. We report the first major genomewide screen of multiplex families with RA …

Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I and class II alleles are implicated as genetic risk
factors for many autoimmune diseases. However, the role of the HLA loci in human systemic …

Objective To confirm the reported strong association between the HLA-DRB1* 0401/0404
genotype and susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and to investigate the influence of sex, …

Objective A number of non‐HLA loci that have shown evidence (P < 0.05) for linkage with
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been previously identified. The present study attempts to …

… In the simplest formulation, an allele A can be considered a risk factor if the probability of
developing disease, D, over a lifetime is greater in the presence of the allele, than in its absence…

… d One family had one unaffected sibling genotyped. … HLA haplotypes in 469 multiplex
families with RA (Gregersen 1998; Jawaheer et al. 2001). This has allowed us to define additional …

Time to pregnancy among women with rheumatoid arthritis - Jawaheer - 2011 - Arthritis & …
Jawaheer had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity …

Influence of male sex on disease phenotype in familial rheumatoid arthritis - Jawaheer - 2006
- Arthritis & Rheumatism - Wiley Online Library … Damini Jawaheer… Damini Jawaheer …

… Jawaheer is supported by a Career Development Award (K01AR053496) from the
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. The DANBIO Registry is …