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[Frequency of HLA alleles class I and II in a cohort of northwestern Colombian patients with spondyloarthritis].
Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud - 1 Jan 2000
Velásquez Eliana Patricia, Quintero Julio César, Aristizábal Beatriz Helena, Rincón Olga Lucía, Velásquez Carlos Jaime, Pinto Luis Fernando, Márquez Javier Darío
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INTRODUCTION: Spondyloarthritis is a chronic rheumatic disease that affect the axial skeleton and peripheral joints, along with several extra-articular manifestations. The association with HLA-B27 remains one of the strongest known links between these entities and the major histocompatibility complex. However, the global distribution of HLA-B27 varies considerably and furthermore, associations with non-HLA-B27...
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