Leukemia Risk Factor
HLA-B27 Carriers Have Elevated Risk
Published in Blood Weekly, December 13th, 2001
"Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B27 carriers are predisposed to inflammatory and autoimmune diseases," particularly a painful and debilitating spinal inflammation known as ankylosing spondylitis (AS), explained Dr. W.Y. Au and colleagues at Queen Mary Hospital.
Au and coauthors showed that HLA-B27 carriers were also more likely to suffer from leukemia or lymphoma.
The researchers found 59 patients with this antigen among 1137 patients with...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2001-12-13)
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