Interaction between HLA-B60 and HLA-B27 as a Better Predictor of Ankylosing Spondylitis in a Taiwanese Population

• James Cheng-Chung Wei ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: James Cheng-Chung Wei, Henry Wong Sung-Ching

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Institute of Intergrative Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Henry Wong Sung-Ching ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: James Cheng-Chung Wei, Henry Wong Sung-Ching

  Affiliation Master Program for Clinical Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacoproteomics, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Yu-Wen Hsu,

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, The Ph.D. Program for Translational Medicine, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University and Academia Sinica, Taipei, Tiawan

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• Ya-Feng Wen,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Wen-Chang Wang,

  Affiliations Master Program for Clinical Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacoproteomics, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, The Ph.D. Program for Translational Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Ruey-Hong Wong,

  Affiliations Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Occupational Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Hsing-Fang Lu,

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Floris A. van Gaalen,

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

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• Wei-Chiao Chang

  * E-mail: wcc@tmu.edu.tw

  Affiliations Master Program for Clinical Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacoproteomics, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University-Wanfang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Center for Biomarkers and Biotech Drugs, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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