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Why would my doctor be testing my hla-b27 gene?
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Arthritis disease: The hla b-27 is a genetic test for ankylosing spondylitis and a group of similar diseases called seronegative spondyloarthropathies.
Answered 2/19/2014
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Family has Ankylosing Spondylitis(AS) gene, HLA-B27 that comes from dad. Currently mine is inactive. But there is a medicine that could potentially trigger autoimmune disease which I was explained was AS, could mine get triggered by this med if taken?
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