title: Psoriatic arthritis and Reiter's disease. HLA antigens in mixed cases.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001168:Arthritis / Q000276:immunology*; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010375:Pedigree; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D006680:HLA Antigens; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens