HLA B27 subtype distribution among patients with ankylosing spondylitis in Eastern Turkey

Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 456-458

  Diyarbakir, Eda ^a   Eyerci, Nilnur ^a   Melikoglu, Meltem ^b   Topcu, Atilla ^a   Pirim, Ibrahim ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Erzurum Training and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX RATIO; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861487670     PISSN: 19450265     EISSN: 19450257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2011.0183     Document Type: Article

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