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HLA-B27 polymorphism in Turkish patients with ankylosing spondylitis.
Rheumatology international - 1 Feb 2006
Birinci Asuman, Bilgici Ayhan, Kuru Omer, Durupinar Belma
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to determine the distribution of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B27 subtypes in serologically HLA-B27-positive ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients and healthy controls from the Turkish population and to compare this with other reports from other populations. We subtyped HLA-B27 in 38 HLA-B27-positive Turkish patients with AS and 47 HLA-B27-positive healthy controls without AS by...
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