Poststreptococcal reactive arthritis: clinical characteristics and association with HLA-DR alleles.

doi:10.1002/1529-0131(199806)41:6<1096::AID-ART17>3.0.CO;2-Y

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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

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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 pediatri...

Topics

Adolescent
Alleles
Arthritis, Reactive
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Gene Frequency
HLA-DR Antigens
HLA-DRB1 Chains
Humans
Male
Prohibitins
Reference Values
Rheumatic Fever
Streptococcal Infections
Streptococcus pyogenes

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