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Distribution of HLA-DRB1 genes in patients with sporadic ankylosing spondylitis in the south of Spain.
Joint bone spine - 1 Oct 2002
Perez-Guijo V, Muñoz E, Escudero A, Veroz R, Sánchez M, Muñoz-Villanueva M C, González R, Peña J, Collantes-Estevez E
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between the presence of different HLA-DRB1 genes and predisposition to develop a sporadic form of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in a demographically well-defined population. METHODS: One hundred fifteen selected patients with sporadic (non-familial) forms of AS from six different cities and 748 bone marrow donors as control group. All individuals were typed for HLA-B27 by...
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