title: [Association of Behçet's disease and pelvispondylitis in a subject without HLA W 27 antigen].
abstract: The authors report a new case of Behcet's disease in association with ankylosing spondylitis. A study of the HLA system in this patient, showed the presence of an HLA 5 (Behcet's disease) and the absence of HLA W 27 (ankylosing spondylitis). The authors recall the frequency of HLA W 27 during ankylosing spondylitis, whether primary or associated with psoriasis, or enteric disease. Desensitisation to autologous saliva proved a failure. A trial of D-Penicillamine produced no beneficial effect on the course of the mucosal ulcers and the inflammatory joints.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D005342:Fibrinolysis; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012463:Saliva / Q000276:immunology; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens
vernacular_title: Association de maladie de Behçet et de pelvispondylite chez un sujet ne présentant pas l'antigène HLA W27