Ankylosing spondylitis in three Sub-Saharan populations: HLA-B*27 and HLA-B*14 contribution

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-15

  Diaz Pena R ^a   Ouedraogo D D ^b   Lopez Vazquez A ^a   Sawadogo, S A ^b   Lopez Larrea C ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^b University Hospital Yalgado Ouedraogo   (Burkina Faso)

^c Section of Nephrology   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; HLA B*14:03; HLA B*27

Indexed keywords

HLA B14 ANTIGEN; HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTHRITIS; BURKINA FASO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; TOGO; ZAMBIA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BURKINA FASO; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-B14 ANTIGEN; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION GROUPS; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TOGO; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84861656979     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2012.01879.x     Document Type: Letter

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