Ankylosing Spondylitis: From Cells to Genes

• Main Authors: José Francisco Zambrano-Zaragoza (Author), Juan Manuel Agraz-Cibrian (Author), Christian González-Reyes (Author), Ma. de Jesús Durán-Avelar (Author), Norberto Vibanco-Pérez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology, though it is considered an autoimmune disease. HLA-B27 is the risk factor most often associated with AS, and although the mechanism of involvement is unclear, the subtypes and other features of the relationship betwee...