Distribution of HLA-B27 Subtypes in Ankylosing Spondylitis in an Israeli Population

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 452-455

  Alaez, Carmen ^a   Gazit, Ephraim ^b   Ibarrola, Blanca ^a   Yaron, Michael ^c   Livneh, Avi ^b   Avishai, Ophelia ^b   Gorodezky, Clara ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; HLA B27 polymorphism; Human histocompatibility antigen association; Jewish population spondyloarthropathy; Major histocompatibility complex class I genes; Mediterranean genes

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; PLESIOMORPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION; RISK; SAMPLE SIZE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; POPULATION; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 34047264978     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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