Reiter's disease and the histocompatibility antigen, HL-A 27.
HL-A27 were found in 31 of 48 patients with Reiter's disease (65%) as compared with 8% of 2 103 health controls. It is suggested that HL-A27 is closely related to the inheritance of a special immune response leading to an increased susceptibility to a special type of reactive arthritis which Reiter's disease has in common with ankylosing spondylitis and a certain type of psoriatic arthritis.
D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000276:immunology; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000276:immunology*; D000939:Epitopes; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007109:Immunity; D008297:Male; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000276:immunology
D000939:Epitopes; D006680:HLA Antigens; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens