MHC associations of ankylosing spondylitis in East Asians are complex and involve non-HLA-B27 HLA contributions
Abstract Background The association of HLA-B*27 with AS is amongst the strongest of any known association of a common variant with any human disease. Nonetheless, there is strong evidence indicating that other HLA-B alleles are involved in the disease. European ethnicity studies have demonstrated ri...
Main Authors: | Geng Wang, Tae-Hwan Kim, Zhixiu Li, Adrian Cortes, Kwangwoo Kim, So-Young Bang, Paul Leo, Matthew A. Brown, Huji Xu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-04-01
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Series: | Arthritis Research & Therapy |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13075-020-02148-5 |
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