title: HLA and Behçet's disease in northern Spain: their lack of correlation with arthritis pattern.
abstract: We have studied the characteristics of arthritis present in 32 patients with Behçet's disease (BD), and how this arthritis is related to the HLA markers class I. 84% of the patients presented arthritis, the most common being mono-arthritis as the initial presentation, and oligoarthritis in subsequent episodes. In 63% of the cases, the development was in episodes of acute/subacute arthritis. We found statistically significant association between antigens B-5 and B-51, and the group with BD, with a relative risk of 3.89 and 4.71 respectively. The attempt to relate markers B-5, B-51 and B-27 to the presence of arthritis as well as to its manifestation and further development was not conclusive.
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Juan Canalejo, La Coruña, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sanchez Burson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Graña Gil
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosales Rodriguez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Atanes Sandoval
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alonso Blanco
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Galdo Fernandez
mesh_terms: D001168:Arthritis / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D013030:Spain
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens