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Human leukocyte antigen typing in tuberculous rheumatism: Poncet's disease.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Jul 2010
Lugo-Zamudio G E, Yamamoto-Furusho J K, Delgado-Ochoa D, Nuñez-Farfán R M, Vargas-Alarcón G, Barbosa-Cobos R E, Granados J
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SETTING: Tuberculous rheumatism (Poncet's disease) is a reactive polyarthropathy associated with extra-pulmonary and pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) without evidence of mycobacterial infection of the involved joints. As all patients with TB do not present with this peculiar clinical feature, a geneti...
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