The risk of developing ankylosing spondy
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Sjef M. Der Van Linden; Hans A. Valkenburg; Bartelt M. De Jongh; Arnold Cats
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Article
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1984
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The present study was performed on 61 HLA‐B27 positive first‐degree relatives and 40 HLA‐B27 negative relatives of 20 HLA‐B27 positive probands with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Of 24 HLA‐B27 positive relatives 45 years or older, 21% had AS and 38% sacroiliitis. The HLA‐B27 negative rel