Susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis in twins: The role of genes, HLA, and the environment

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1823-1828

  Brown, Matthew A ^a   Kennedy, L Gail ^b   MacGregor, Alex J ^c   Darke, Chris ^d   Duncan, Emma ^a   Shatford, Jane L ^a   Taylor, Andrew ^b   Calin, Andrei ^b   Wordsworth, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^c Welsh Blood Service   (United Kingdom)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; HLA DR1 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DNA DETERMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; VARIANCE; ZYGOSITY;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0030783099     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780401015     Document Type: Article

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