Re-examination of histocompatibility antigens found in patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
One hundred and twenty-three patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and a similar number of controls were tissue typed for 30 HL-A antigens to determine if there were any associations between particular HL-A antigens and the disease. None were found. However, HL-A7 was found more frequently in patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis demonstrating tenosynovitis than in the population with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis as a whole. These observations fail to support the contention of others that HL-A-W27 is found more frequently than expected in such patients.
D000293:Adolescent; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012446:Sacroiliac Joint; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000150:complications; D014605:Uveitis / Q000150:complications
D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens