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The association between ankylosing spondylitis and HLA-B27 has been well established. Over 95 % of ankylosing spondylitis patients possess the histocompatibility antigen HLA-B27, whilst its frequency in the general UK or US population is about 8 %.
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Ebringer, A., Ebringer, A. (2013). Molecular Mimicry Between Klebsiella Pullulanase Enzyme, HLA-B27 and Collagens I and IV. In: Ankylosing spondylitis and Klebsiella. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4300-0_16
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