Article
[Genetic predisposition for various forms of spondyloarthritis].
Reumatizam - 1 Jan 2014
Lamot Lovro, Vidović Mandica, Perica Marija, Bukovac Lana Tambić, Harjaček Miroslav
Abstract excerpt
In addition to the long-established association of HLA-B27 antigen and spondyloarthritis, several studies have shown a similar association with HLA-B7 antigen. But since the whole MHC region carries less than half of the risk for the development of the disease, the main goal of many recently performed researches, which implemented various high-throughput methods, was to discover the influence of genes outside the...
Topics
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Spondylarthritis