Genetic studies in familial ankylosing s
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Ge Zhang; Jingchun Luo; Jane Bruckel; Michael A. Weisman; H. Ralph Schumacher; M
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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 ## 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