Low frequency of HLA-B27 and scarcity of ankylosing spondylitis in a Zairean Bantu population.

doi:10.1007/BF01451011

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Low frequency of HLA-B27 and scarcity of ankylosing spondylitis in a Zairean Bantu population.

Clinical rheumatology - 1 Jan 1998

Mbayo K, Mbuyi-Muamba J M, Lurhuma A Z, Halle L, Kaplan C, Dequeker J

Abstract excerpt

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is an inflammatory rheumatic disease which is thought to be rarely seen in African Blacks. Its genetic predisposition has been stressed in Caucasians where the HLA-B27 antigen is firmly linked to the disease. In the present study, HLA-B27 antigen was determined in 146...

Topics

Adult
Black People
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Female
Gene Frequency
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
HLA-B27 Antigen
Humans
Male
Prevalence
Spondylitis, Ankylosing

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