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Association of ankylosing spondylitis with HLA-B*1403 in a West African population.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Nov 2002
López-Larrea Carlos, Mijiyawa Moustafa, González Segundo, Fernández-Morera J Luis, Blanco-Gelaz Miguel A, Martínez-Borra Jesús, López-Vázquez Antonio
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the contribution of HLA class I alleles in the susceptibility to primary ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in West African patients living in Togo. METHODS: A large epidemiologic analysis of 9,065 West African rheumatology patients living in Togo was performed in order to identify those who had AS. Eight Togolese patients with AS were identified. HLA was typed by polymerase chain reaction...
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