Psoriatic arthritis and Reiter's disease. HLA antigens in mixed cases

Kousa, M.; Tilikainen, A.; Karvonen, J.; Lassus, A.

Annals of Clinical Research 8(5): 312-316

1976


ISSN/ISBN: 0003-4762
PMID: 999217
Document Number: 97850
HLA antigens were determined in 25 Finnish patients with both Reiter's disease and skin lesions identical with psoriasis vulgaris. HLA B27 was found in 23 cases (92%) B13 was found in one case, Bw17 and Bw37 were not found at all. The absence of these three "psoriatic" HLA antigens in the present series indicates that the psoriasis-like skin lesions belong to the varying clinical picture of Reiter's disease and not to the HLA linked psoriasis vulgaris.

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