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HLA-subtypes B*27 and ankylosing spondylitis features comments on Fellahi’s article “Are early onset of disease and uveitis affected by HLA- subtypes B*27 in ankylosing spondylitis?”

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  1. Atlas Clinic, Batna, Algeria

    Samy Slimani

  2. Service de Rhumatologie Institut M.T. Kassab, UR17SP04 Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia

    Wafa Hamdi

  3. Service de Rhumatologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ibn Rochd, Faculté de Médecine Et de Pharmacie, Université Hassan II de Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco

    Kawtar Nassar

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Slimani, S., Hamdi, W. & Nassar, K. HLA-subtypes B*27 and ankylosing spondylitis features comments on Fellahi’s article “Are early onset of disease and uveitis affected by HLA- subtypes B*27 in ankylosing spondylitis?”. Clin Rheumatol 40, 3377–3378 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-021-05838-w

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