Article
HLA-B27 subtypes in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (As) in Colombia.
Revista de investigacion clinica; organo del Hospital de Enfermedades de la Nutricion - 1 Jan 2000
Martínez B, Caraballo L, Hernández M, Valle R, Avila M, Iglesias Gamarra A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We investigated the distribution of HLA-B27 subtypes in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) belonging to two ethnic groups of Colombia. MATERIAL AND METHODS: PCR-SSOs was used to detect the polymorphism in exons 2 and 3 of HLA-B27 in two groups of patients: 39 Mulattos and 20 Mestizos. Fifty-nine of them suffered of ankylosing spondylitis (AS), including two patients with ankylosing spondylitis...
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