Dhaliwal J S, Too C L, Lisut M, Lee Y Y, Murad S
Allergy and Immunology Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research, Jalan Pahang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Tissue Antigens. 2003 Oct;62(4):330-2. doi: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00107.x.
The frequency of HLA-B27 and its subtypes was determined in 878 Malay subjects. Thirty-five of the subjects typed for HLA-A, -B and -DR were found to be positive for HLA-B27. The frequency of this allele in the Malay population was found to be 3.99%. The subtypes observed and their frequencies are: HLA-B2704 (19.4%), HLA-B2705 (5.6%), HLA-B2706 (72.2%) and HLA-B2707 (2.8%).