title: Association of rheumatoid arthritis with Kartagener's syndrome in a patient with HLA-DR1-DR4-B27 haplotype.
abstract: A case of severe seropositive rheumatoid arthritis associated with Kartagener's syndrome in a patient positive for B27, DR4, and DR1 has been presented. A number of immunological disturbances were observed, especially defective granulocyte function and depressed delayed hypersensitivity.
authors: Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, University Medical School, Poznan, Poland.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Beutler
authors: S H
authors: SH
authors: Mackiewicz
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D002925:Ciliary Motility Disorders / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen / Q000235:genetics*; D015798:HLA-DR1 Antigen / Q000235:genetics*; D015804:HLA-DR4 Antigen / Q000235:genetics*; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance / Q000276:immunology; D007619:Kartagener Syndrome / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000276:immunology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen; D015798:HLA-DR1 Antigen; D015804:HLA-DR4 Antigen