Ankylosing spondylitis in West Africans--evidence for a non-HLA-B27 protective effect.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis in the Fula ethnic group in The Gambia, and relate the disease prevalence to the B27 frequency and subtype distribution of that population. METHODS: 215 first degree relatives of 48 B27 positive Fula twin pairs, and 900 adult Fula male...

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Hlavní autoři: Brown, M, Jepson, A, Young, A, Whittle, H, Greenwood, B, Wordsworth, B
Médium: Journal article
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: 1997

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