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Quantitative measurement of HLA-B27 mRNA in patients with ankylosing spondylitis-- correlation with clinical activity.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Jun 2006
Liu Su-Qin, Yu Hui-Chun, Gong Yong-Zhang, Lai Ning-Sheng
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine quantitative expression of HLA-B27 in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and the relationship to clinical disease activity. METHODS: Quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was performed using specific primers to amplify the post-splicing mRNA of HLA-B27 gene in patients with AS (N = 15), B27+ healthy controls (N = 20), and B27+ unaffected family...
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