… Hajeer and his colleagues were the first to demonstrate an association between the
TNFa6 allele and RA (Hajeer et al., 1996). This was found to be due to linkage disequilibrium …

Background and Objectives: All human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1 alleles associated
with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) encode a conserved amino acid sequence (QKRAA, QRRAA, or …

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Tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) is a potent inflammatory cytokine. In human, the TNFα gene
is located within the highly polymorphic major histocompatibility complex (MHC) region on …

Giant cell (temporal) arteritis (GCA) is the most common systemic vasculitis in Western countries
(24, 32). GCA is a multisystemic disease of elderly people (30, 32, 33). Itinvolves large …

Background Since the identification of the first case of infection with the Middle East
respiratory syndrome corona virus (MERS-CoV) in Saudi Arabia in June 2012, the number of …

Diagnosis of MERS-Cov still a major concern in most of daignostic laboratories. To date the
Real-time Polymerase Chain reaction (RT-PCR) is the mainstay for diagnosis of MERS-CoV. …

Aims The pathogenesis, viral localization and histopathological features of Middle East
respiratory syndrome – coronavirus ( MERS ‐CoV) in humans are not described sufficiently. The …

We explored the feasibility of collecting convalescent plasma for passive immunotherapy of
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection by using ELISA to …

… Yaseen Arabi, Hani Tamim and Ali Hajeer were responsible for analysis and interpretation
of data. Yaseen Arabi, Hani Tamim, Asgar Rishu and Ali Hajeer were responsible for drafting …