Reiter's Syndrome in Father and Son

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1 September 1962

journal article
research article
Published by Elsevier in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Vol. 21 (3) , 292-294
https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.21.3.292

Abstract

Hereditary predisposition may explain why some patients with non-specific urethritis develop Reiter''s syndrome. Support for this theory is afforded by the occurrence of the syndrome in father and son.

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