TY - JOUR T1 - Ten families of ankylosing spondylitis. AU - Fu,X, AU - Wang,J C, AU - Jia,Y M, AU - Kang,Q, AU - An,J B, PY - 1989/9/1/pubmed PY - 1989/9/1/medline PY - 1989/9/1/entrez SP - 709 EP - 12 JF - Chinese medical journal JO - Chin Med J (Engl) VL - 102 IS - 9 N2 - Twenty-two patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) from 10 families were studied with special attention to their clinical findings, HLA-B27 examinations and family histories. Results showed that HLA-B27 was positive in 19 and negative in 3. The hereditary relationship between ankylosing spondylitis and HLA-B27 in Chinese was similar to that in westerners. We consider that subjective symptoms and clinical findings are essential to early diagnosis of AS, but HLA-B27 examination and family history are supportive. SN - 0366-6999 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/2517085/Ten_families_of_ankylosing_spondylitis_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -