Journal:
:iranian journal of allergy, asthma and immunology
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sasan fallahi internal medicine division, baharloo hospital, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran and rheumatology research center, shariati hospital, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
mahdi mahmoudi rheumatology research center, shariati hospital, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
mohammad hossein nicknam molecular immunology research center, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
farhad gharibdoost rheumatology research center, shariati hospital, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
elham farhadi department of haematology, school of medicine, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
azad saei department of immunology, school of medicine, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
the aim of this study was to assess the role of hla-b*27 and it’s subtypes in determining severity and clinical manifestations of ankylosing spondylitis (as). a total of 163 as patients were assessed for clinical manifestations and severity using structured questionnaires. hla-b*27 screening and b*27 sub-typing were performed by pcr. one hundred twenty two patients (74.8%) were b*27 positive. t...
