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...
Main Authors: | Miranda van Lunteren, Alexandre Sepriano, Robert Landewé, Joachim Sieper, Martin Rudwaleit, Désirée van der Heijde, Floris van Gaalen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-08-01
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Series: | Arthritis Research & Therapy |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13075-018-1672-2 |
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