[Epidemiological aspects of ankylosing spondylitis].
Epidemiological aspects of ankylosing spondylitis of the pre- and post-HLA-B27-area are shortly presented. The prevalence, the incidence and the mortality of the disease are mentioned. The non specific risk factors such as age, sex, familiar clustering and racial distribution are described. The absence of specific risk factors is regretted.
Fellmann
J
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Regionalspital Sta. Maria, Visp.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D044469:Racial Groups; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology
D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen
Epidemiologische Aspekte der Spondylitis ankylosans.