Influence of HLA-B*5703 and HLA-B*1403 on susceptibility to spondyloarthropathies in the Zambian population

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2236-2240

  Díaz Peña, Roberto ^a   Blanco Gelaz, Miguel Angel ^a   Njobvu, Panganani ^b   López Vazquez, Antonio ^a   Suárez Álvarez, Beatriz ^a   López Larrea, Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; HLA B*1403; HLA B*5703; Human immunodeficiency virus; Major histocompatibility complex; SPondyloarthropathies

Indexed keywords

HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; REITER SYNDROME; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; ZAMBIA;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HIV INFECTIONS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 56449122510     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.080395     Document Type: Article

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