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Poststreptococcal reactive arthritis: clinical characteristics and association with HLA-DR alleles.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Jun 1998
Ahmed S, Ayoub E M, Scornik J C, Wang C Y, She J X
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship of poststreptococcal reactive arthritis (ReA) to other forms of ReA and rheumatic fever by comparing the frequency of HLA-B27 and DRB1 alleles in these diseases. METHODS: The diagnosis of poststreptococcal ReA was established in 25 children seen in a pediatric rheumatology clinic. HLA-B27 and DRB1 genotyping was performed in 18 of the white American patients. The DRB1...
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