Secretor status and ankylosing spondylitis.
case_control · Level III
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Abstract
To assess the genetic association between secretor status and ankylosing spondylitis (AS). A restriction digest method for determining secretor status was developed; 166 patients with AS and 216 healthy British white controls were typed for secretor status using this method. The frequency of nonsecretors among patients with AS (47/166, 28%) was not significantly different from controls (72/216, 33%). Secretor status does not influence susceptibility to AS.
Medical subject headings
- Fucosyltransferases
- Immunity, Mucosal
- Spondylitis, Ankylosing