The effect of HLA-DR genes on susceptibility to and severity of ankylosing spondylitis.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the effect of HLA-DR genes on susceptibility to and severity of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). METHODS: Three hundred sixty-three white British AS patients were studied; 149 were carefully assessed for a range of clinical manifestations, and disease severity was assessed using a...

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Main Authors: Brown, M, Kennedy, L, Darke, C, Gibson, K, Pile, K, Shatford, J, Taylor, A, Calin, A, Wordsworth, B
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1998