Authors
Mohamad Hossein Nicknam, Mahdi Mahmoudi, Ali Akbar Amirzargar, Mazdak Ganjalikhani Hakemi, Farideh Khosravi, Ahmad Reza Jamshidi, Aref Amirkhani, Bita Ansaripour, Zahra Pourpak, Mostafa Moin, Behrooz Nikbin
Publication date
2008
Journal
Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
Pages
19-24
Description
The human leukocyte antigen-B27 is one of the class I molecules of the major histocompatibility complex which is strongly associated with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The strength of the disease association with B27 varies markedly among racial and ethnic populations. It is an allele family, which constitutes about 31 subtypes, with a considerable geographic and ethnic difference in distribution. It is important to know whether certain subtypes show any preferential association with AS. Because there is no report regarding HLA-B27 subtypes in Iranian patients with AS, the factthe main there are rarelystudies (if any); purpose of the present study was to assess the frequency of subtypes of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B27 in patients with ankylosing spondylitis in Iranian population
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MH Nicknam, M Mahmoudi, AA Amirzargar… - Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, 2008