RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Urticaria/arthritis syndrome: report of four B51 positive patients.
JF Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
JO Ann Rheum Dis
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and European League Against Rheumatism
SP 508
OP 511
DO 10.1136/ard.48.6.508
VO 48
IS 6
A1 G Pasero
A1 I Olivieri
A1 G Gemignani
A1 C Vitali
YR 1989
UL http://ard.bmj.com/content/48/6/508.abstract
AB The development of articular manifestations in the course of chronic urticaria or in urticarial vasculitis has been widely reported. It is not completely clear, however, whether common pathogenetic mechanisms are involved in all patients with these clinical features. Four consecutive patients with simultaneous urticarial and articular manifestations, but without any evidence of an immune complex mediated disease, are described. The HLA-B51 antigen was positive in all these patients, suggesting that a common genetic background may be present in some cases of urticaria with articular complaints.