PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - G Joliat
AU  - A Ferro
AU  - M Jeannet
AU  - H Ott
TI  - HLA-B27 antigen in diagnosis of atypical seronegative inflammatory arthropathy.
AID  - 10.1136/ard.35.6.531
DP  - 1976 Dec 01
TA  - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
PG  - 531--533
VI  - 35
IP  - 6
4099  - http://ard.bmj.com/content/35/6/531.short
4100  - http://ard.bmj.com/content/35/6/531.full
SO  - Ann Rheum Dis1976 Dec 01; 35
AB  - Eighteen patients with an inflammatory pauciarticular peripheral arthropathy not typical of any known entity showed an asymmetrical pattern of disease, with a predilection for the lower extremities. Destructive joint changes and deformities were absent (mean follow-up 10 years). Although spondylitis and sacroiliitis were absent on x-rays, HLA-B27 antigen was found in 8 patients (44%). This antigen and similar joint symptoms are also found in other forms of arthritis.