HLA-B27 subtypes among the Chukotka Native groups.

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HLA-B27 subtypes among the Chukotka Native groups.

Archivum immunologiae et therapiae experimentalis - 1 Jan 1995

Krylov M Y, Reveille J D, Alexeeva L I, Erdesz S, Arnett F C, Benevolenskaya L I

Abstract excerpt

The purpose of this study was to assess the relative frequency of the known HLA-B27 subtypes in HLA-B27 positive Chukotka natives, which have higher frequencies of HLA-B27 (to 40%) and spondyloarthropathies (to 2%) than the Russian Caucasian population. Using oligotyping of the polymerase-chain r...

Topics

Alleles
Base Sequence
DNA
Ethnicity
Exons
HLA-B27 Antigen
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Russia
Spondylitis, Ankylosing

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