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Susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis is independent of the Bw4 and Bw6 epitopes of HLA-B27 alleles.
Tissue antigens - 1 Mar 1999
Armas J B, Gonzalez S, Martinez-Borra J, Laranjeira F, Ribeiro E, Correia J, Ferreira M L, Toste M, López-Vazquez A, López-Larrea C
Abstract excerpt
We have characterized HLA-B27 alleles in a sample of the population from the Azores (n=46) with the aim of investigating the contribution of different subtypes to ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The study was carried out using PCR-SSOP and in some samples genomic sequencing was conducted. Some significant new finding have arisen from this study. First, B*2705,B*2702,B*2703,B*2707 and B*2708 alleles were found to be...
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