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Frequency of HLA-B27 alleles in Brazilian patients with psoriatic arthritis.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Jun 2008
Bonfiglioli Rubens, Conde Roseneide A, Sampaio-Barros Percival D, Louzada-Junior Paulo, Donadi Eduardo A, Bertolo Manoel B
Abstract excerpt
This prospective study analyzed the frequency of HLA-B27 and its alleles in 102 Brazilian patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). The association of the HLA-B27 alleles with these variants was compared to a control healthy HLA-B27 positive group of 111 individuals. There was a predominance of male gender (59.8%), Caucasian race (89.2%), and negative HLA-B27 (79.4%) patients. Asymmetric oligoarthritis (62.7%) was...
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