Profiling of HLA-B Alleles for Association Studies with Ankylosing Spondylitis in the Chinese Population

Human leucocyte antigen (HLA) B*27 is a susceptibility allele to ankylosing spondylitis (AS). However, major AS-associated subtypes of HLA-B*27 and other HLA-B alleles vary in different ethnic populations. Herein, we examined HLA-B alleles in a total of 360 AS patients and 350 controls of Chinese Ha...

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Main Authors: Yi, Lin, Wang, Jiucun, Guo, Xinjian, Espitia, Maribel G., Chen, Enuo, Assassi, Shervin, Jin, Li, Zou, Hejian, Reveille, John D., Zhou, Xiaodong
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Bentham open 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3778539/