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Genetics of ankylosing spondylitis: an update.
Current rheumatology reports - 1 Oct 2007
Rahman Proton
Abstract excerpt
Substantive evidence exists that genetic factors play a pivotal role in susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis (AS). HLA-B27 remains the most convincing and universal association of a genetic factor with AS. Over the last decade there has been immense interest in elucidating genetic variants outside the major histocompatibility complex region. Due to larger AS datasets along with recent advancements in the...
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