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Old and new HLA associations with ankylosing spondylitis.
Tissue antigens - 1 Sept 2012
Díaz-Peña R, López-Vázquez A, López-Larrea C
Abstract excerpt
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease that primarily involves the axial skeleton and the sacroiliac joint, but may also affect peripheral joints and entheses. AS susceptibility is clearly attributable to genetic factors and the link between human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B27 and AS is the strongest association between an HLA class I molecule and a disease. However, there is...
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