HLA-B27 and HLA-B51 Determination in Tunisian Healthy Subjects and Patients with Suspected Ankylosing Spondylitis and Behçet's Disease

• Published in: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Vol. 1173; no. 1; pp. 564 - 569
• Main Authors: Sakly, Nabil, Boumiza, Radhia, Zrour-Hassen, Saoussen, Hamzaoui, Amira, Yahia, Salim Ben, Amara, Hamida, Khairallah, Moncef, Mahjoub, Sylvia, Bergaoui, Naceur, Ghedira, Ibtissem
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.09.2009
• Subjects: Adult; ankylosing spondylitis; Behcet Syndrome - diagnosis; Behcet Syndrome - immunology; Behçet's disease; Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic - methods; Cytotoxicity, Immunologic - immunology; Diagnosis; Female; Group dynamics; HLA-B Antigens - immunology; HLA-B27; HLA-B27 Antigen - immunology; HLA-B51; HLA-B51 Antigen; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Patients; Spondylitis, Ankylosing - diagnosis; Spondylitis, Ankylosing - immunology; Tunisia; Young Adult; Tunisia; MED, Tunisia
• ISSN: 0077-8923; 1749-6632; 1749-6632
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04756.x

The aim of this retrospective study is to assess the frequency of HLA‐B27 and HLA‐B51 in healthy subjects from the center of Tunisia and to investigate their usefulness in the diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and Behçet's disease (BD), respectively. Microlymphocytotoxicity test was used...