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HLA in ankylosing spondylitis: is HLA-B27 the only MHC gene involved in disease pathogenesis?
Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Apr 1994
Reveille J D, Suarez Almazor M E, Russell A S, Go R C, Appleyard J, Barger B O, Acton R T, Koopman W J, McDaniel D O
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Linkage analysis of HLA haplotypes, HLA-B27 subtypes, and a 9.2-kb PvuII B7 restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) (shown previously to be associated with peripheral arthritis in ankylosing spondylitis [AS]) in 115 relatives from 12 multiplex spondyloarthropathy (SNSA) and 2 B27-positive control families showed AS to be linked to HLA-B27 haplotypes. The RFLP segregated with HLA-A3- and HLA-A9-bearing...
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