Polymorphism of HLA- B∗27 alleles in association with HLA-B27-related diseases in Greek population

HLA-B27 in the Greek Cypriot population: Distribution of subtypes in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and other HLA-B27—related diseases. The possible protective role of B*2707

“…HLA-B*2705 was detected in lower numbers in "all patients" and the AS group compared with the controls (Table 1), but no statistically significant differences were found (Table 2). (Table 1), whereas in most other European populations, including the Greeks [17,18], the contrary applies. Higher frequency of B*2702 in AS patients was also reported in other populations, such as the Lebanese and Semitic [1,19].…”