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Review
. 1990 Aug;16(3):551-79.

Ankylosing spondylitis and other spondyloarthropathies

M A Khan  1 , S M van der Linden
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  • PMID: 2217958
Review

Ankylosing spondylitis and other spondyloarthropathies

M A Khan et al. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 1990 Aug.

Abstract

Ankylosing spondylitis and related spondyloarthropathies show a remarkable association with a genetic marker--HLA-B27--and also illustrate the relationship between host and environmental factors. HLA-B27 has revitalized the epidemiology of spondyloarthropathies and has helped to broaden the clinical spectrum of these diseases. These and other aspects of descriptive and genetic epidemiology are reviewed.

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