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Primary sclerosing cholangitis, Crohn's disease and HLA-B27 in black South African women.
Acta gastro-enterologica Belgica - 1 Dec 2012
Buchel O C, Bosch F J, Janse van Rensburg J, Bezuidenhout E, de Vries C S, van Zyl J H, Middlecote B D, de K Grundling H, Fevery J
Abstract excerpt
Crohn's disease is rare in South African black people and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is also rare in black patients with IBD, from South Africa. The presence of HLA-B27 is generally associated with seronegative spondylo-arthropathies and correlates with the occurrence of ankylosing spondylitis, recurrent mouth ulcers and uveitis, in patients with IBD. We describe two women with the combination of...
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