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The X-chromosome and susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Jun 2000
Hoyle E, Laval S H, Calin A, Wordsworth B P, Brown M A
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OBJECTIVE: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) affects 0.25-1.0% of the population, and its etiology is incompletely understood. Susceptibility to this highly familial disease (lambda(s) = 58) is primarily genetically determined. There is a significant sex bias in AS, and there are differences in recurre...
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