Relation Between HLA‐B27 and Clinical Features in Patients with Yersinia Arthritis
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- 1 June 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Arthritis & Rheumatism
- Vol. 20 (5), 1121-1124
- https://doi.org/10.1002/art.1780200512
Abstract
A study of 74 yersinia arthritis patients implied that the clinical picture of the disease may be modified by genetic background associated with the histocompatibility antigen B27 (HLA-B27). Sixty-six percent of patients were B27 positive. Joint symptoms were somewhat more severe in B27+ patients. Iritis, conjunctivitis, carditis, signs of urologic inflammation, and complete Reiter's triad occurred only in the B27+ group, whereas erythema nodosum was more common in B27— group. Several B27+ patients also had “B27+ rheumatic diseases,” such as ankylosing spondylitis or Reiter's disease, in their history.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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