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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
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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 33 patients with AS, 30 patients with ReA, and 55 healthy HLA-B27 positive controls. RESULTS: There was no major...
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