HLA-B27 typing: Evaluation of an allele-
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Michael T. Seipp; Maria Erali; Rae Lynn Wies; Carl Wittwer
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Article
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2004
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## Background Human leukocyte antigen B27 (HLAβB27) is a major histocompatibility complex class 1 molecule that is strongly associated with the disease ankylosing spondylitis. Testing for HLAβB27 is of diagnostic value because 90% of patients with ankylosing spondylitis have the B27 an