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HLA-B27 positive patients differ from HLA-B27 negative patients in clinical presentation and imaging: results from the DESIR cohort of patients with recent onset axial spondyloarthritis.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Nov 2011
Chung Ho Yin, Machado Pedro, van der Heijde Désirée, D'Agostino Maria-Antonietta, Dougados Maxime
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OBJECTIVE: To clarify the influence of human leucocyte antigen B27 (HLA-B27) status on the phenotype of early axial spondyloarthritis (SpA). METHODS: 708 patients with inflammatory back pain (IBP) defined by Calin or Berlin criteria were recruited; 654 fulfilled at least one of the SpA criteria (modified New York, European Spondyloarthropathy Study Group, Amor or Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international...
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