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Familial aggregation of ankylosing spondylitis in Southern China.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Mar 2001
Liu Y, Li J, Chen B, Helenius H, Granfors K
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To study the familial aggregation of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in southern China and to compare the clinical and laboratory characteristics between the probands and their first-degree relatives with AS. METHODS: On the basis of questionnaires to 473 patients with AS, 402 responded and 36 self-reported having first-degree relatives with symptoms related to spondyloarthropathies. All together, 144 of...
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