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[HLA-B27 subtypes in Korean patients with ankylosing spondylitis].
The Korean journal of laboratory medicine - 1 Feb 2008
Park Kyung Sun, Kang So Young, Lee Woo In
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: HLA-B27 is strongly associated with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and its subtypes differ in their ethnic distribution. Studies worldwide have shown that B*2701, B*2702, B*2704, B*2705, B*2707, B*2708, B*2714, B*2715, and B*2719 are AS-predisposing subtypes, whereas B*2706 and B*2709 are reported to be negatively associated with AS. The aim of this study was to investigate HLA-B27 polymorphism and...
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