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A comparative study of HLA genes in HLA-B27 positive ankylosing spondylitis and HLA-B27 positive peripheral reactive arthritis.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Jun 1996
Westman P, Leirisalo-Repo M, Partanen J, Koskimies S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether HLA-B27 positive patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and reactive arthritis (ReA) share additional HLA factors that confer disease susceptibility. METHODS: HLA class I antigens were typed serologically, and class II antigens molecularly, in samples taken from...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Arthritis, Reactive
- Female
- Genes, MHC Class I
- Genes, MHC Class II
- HLA-A Antigens
- HLA-B Antigens
- HLA-B27 Antigen
- HLA-C Antigens
- HLA-DQ Antigens
- HLA-DR Antigens
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Prohibitins
- Spondylitis, Ankylosing