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Ankylosing spondylitis is a common inflammatory rheumatic disease. Both susceptibility to and clinical manifestations of the disease are highly heritable. Although some genes, notably HLA-B27, have been implicated in susceptibility to the disease, the genetics of the condition are complex and many more genes involved in the condition await discovery.

Type

Journal article

Journal

Clin Exp Rheumatol

Publication Date

11/2002

Volume

20

Pages

S43 - S49

Keywords

Chromosome Mapping, HLA-B27 Antigen, HLA-DR Antigens, HLA-DRB1 Chains, Humans, Major Histocompatibility Complex, Severity of Illness Index, Spondylitis, Ankylosing