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[Spondyloarthropathies and HLA-B27 subtypes in the populations of the Russian North].
Terapevticheskii arkhiv - 1 Jan 1997
Erdes Sh, Gusev I A, Krylov M Iu, Benevolenskaia L I
Abstract excerpt
The aim of the study was to investigate the role of HLA-B27 subtypes in development of ankylosing spondylitis and other seronegative spondylarthropathies. Using oligotyping techniques we studied native DNA of 219 HLA-B27 positive natives: 88 Chukotka residents and 131 Mordovians (Russian Ugro-Finnish population). Only subtypes HLA-B*2705 and B*2702 were revealed. A dominant subtype of HLA-B27 among the natives...
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