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Do ethnicity, degree of family relationship, and the spondyloarthritis subtype in affected relatives influence the association between a positive family history for spondyloarthritis and HLA-B27 carriership? Results from the worldwide ASAS cohort.
Arthritis research & therapy - 3 Aug 2018
van Lunteren Miranda, Sepriano Alexandre, Landewé Robert, Sieper Joachim, Rudwaleit Martin, van der Heijde Désirée, van Gaalen Floris
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) defines a positive family history (PFH) of spondyloarthritis (SpA) as the presence of ankylosing spondylitis (AS), acute anterior uveitis (AAU), reactive arthritis (ReA), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and/or psoriasis in first-degree relatives (FDR) or second-degree relatives (SDR). In two European cohorts, a PFH of AS and AAU, but...
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