Genetics of ankylosing spondylitis: An update
β Scribed by Proton Rahman
- Book ID
- 107553943
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 165 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1523-3774
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## Abstract ## Objective To define the genetic basis of susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis (AS), especially nonβmajor histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes. ## Methods The study group comprised 244 affected sibling pairs from 180 pedigrees of primarily European ancestry. Sibling pairs wer
Objective. To assess the role of genes and the environment in determining the severity of ankylosing spondylitis. Methods. One hundred seventy-three families with >1 case of ankylosing spondylitis were recruited (120 affected sibling pairs, 26 affected parent-child pairs, 20 families with both firs