Article
Interplay between environmental factors, articular involvement, and HLA-B27 in patients with psoriatic arthritis.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Jan 1992
Scarpa R, Del Puente A, di Girolamo C, della Valle G, Lubrano E, Oriente P
Abstract excerpt
Medical records of 138 patients with psoriatic arthritis and 138 with rheumatoid arthritis were reviewed for the occurrence of an environmental factor triggering arthritis. Twelve (9%) of the patients with psoriatic arthritis had had an acute disorder immediately preceding onset of arthritis (an...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Arthritis, Psoriatic
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Female
- HLA-B27 Antigen
- Humans
- Joint Diseases
- Joints
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Myocardial Infarction
- Phenotype
- Postoperative Complications
- Thrombophlebitis