Article
Association of different tumor necrosis factor alpha promoter allele frequencies with ankylosing spondylitis in HLA-B27 positive individuals.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Aug 1998
Höhler T, Schäper T, Schneider P M, Meyer zum Büschenfelde K H, Märker-Hermann E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the potential association of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) promoter alleles with ankylosing spondylitis. METHODS: DNA from 141 HLA-B27 positive Caucasian patients with ankylosing spondylitis and 46 B27-positive and 99 B27-negative healthy Caucasian controls was...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age of Onset
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alleles
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Variation
- HLA-B27 Antigen
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Spondylitis, Ankylosing
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
