Do ethnicity, degree of family relationship, and the spondyloarthritis subtype in affected relatives influence the association between a positive family history for spondyloarthritis and HLA-B27 carriership? Results from the worldwide ASAS cohort

Do ethnicity, degree of family relationship, and the spondyloarthritis subtype in affected relatives influence the association between a positive family history for spondyloarthritis and HLA-B27 carriership? Results from the worldwide ASAS cohort

Abstract Background The Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) defines a positive family history (PFH) of spondyloarthritis (SpA) as the presence of ankylosing spondylitis (AS), acute anterior uveitis (AAU), reactive arthritis (ReA), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and/or pso...

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Main Authors: Miranda van Lunteren, Alexandre Sepriano, Robert Landewé, Joachim Sieper, Martin Rudwaleit, Désirée van der Heijde, Floris van Gaalen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:Arthritis Research & Therapy
Subjects:
Axial spondyloarthritis
HLA-B27
Positive family history
Ethnicity
Degree of family relationship
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13075-018-1672-2

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