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The clinical utility of human leucocyte antigen B27 in axial spondyloarthritis.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Jun 2018
Lim Chong Seng Edwin, Sengupta Raj, Gaffney Karl
Abstract excerpt
The association between HLA-B27 and AS was first established in the early 1970s. Since then, our understanding of this disease has changed, such that we now recognize AS to be the extreme of the clinical phenotype within a disease spectrum known as axial SpA (axSpA). Recent advances in therapeutic options have driven the need for earlier diagnosis and many screening strategies have been proposed to facilitate...
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