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Frequency of HLA-B27 and its alleles in patients with Reiter syndrome: comparison with the frequency in other spondyloarthropathies and a healthy control population.
Rheumatology international - 1 Mar 2008
Sampaio-Barros Percival D, Conde Roseneide A, Donadi Eduardo A, Bonfiglioli Rubens, Costallat Lilian T L, Samara Adil M, Bértolo Manoel B
Abstract excerpt
This retrospective study analyzed the HLA-B 27 alleles in a group of 20 consecutive patients with the diagnosis of Reiter syndrome (RS) followed in a tertiary referral university hospital in Brazil, during the period 1990-2006, and compared the data with that observed in other patients with spondyloarthropathies followed at the same institution. Eight cases were associated to gastrointestinal infection, eight...
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