Article
Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism associated with adult rheumatoid arthritis.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Jan 1999
Salvador G, Sanmartí R, Ros I, Halperin I, Cañete J D, Orellana C, Muñoz-Gomez J
Abstract excerpt
A 48-year-old female patient with adult onset idiopathic hypoparathyroidism diagnosed at the age of 28 years developed a typical seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) at 46 years of age after several years of evolution of a palindromic rheumatism. Only one case of an association between idiopathic hypoparathyroidism and RA has been described in the medical literature. Autoimmunity seems to play a pivotal role in...
Topics
- Absorptiometry, Photon
- Alleles
- Antibodies, Antinuclear
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Bone Density
- Calcium
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- HLA-DR Antigens
- HLA-DRB1 Chains