Susceptibility and HLA-B27 in post-dysenteric arthropathies.

  • 1 October 1985
    • journal article
    • Vol. 56  (2) , 377-9
Abstract
A recent outbreak of bacillary dysentery in The Netherlands revealed that, despite the close association of HLA-B27 with post-dysenteric or reactive arthritis (ReA), not even in one family did all HLA-B27 positive patients infected by an arthritogenic bacterium, develop ReA. This dissociation shows that additional factors beside B27 may determine susceptibility to ReA.

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