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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| Formato: | Journal article |
| Idioma: | English |
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1997
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