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HLA-B27 predicts a more extended disease with increasing age at onset in boys with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Oct 2008
Berntson Lillemor, Damgård Michael, Andersson-Gäre Boel, Herlin Troels, Nielsen Susan, Nordal Ellen, Rygg Marite, Zak Marek, Fasth Anders
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OBJECTIVE: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a heterogeneous condition with very few clinical and laboratory signs that can help predict the course and severity of the disease in the individual patient. The cell-surface antigen HLA-B27 is well known to be associated with spondyloarthropathie...
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