title: Aortic insufficiency in Reiter's syndrome of juvenile onset.
abstract: Reiter's syndrome is an uncommon cause of childhood arthritis and aortic incompetence is extremely rare in these patients. A 7-year-old boy with Reiter's syndrome and hemodynamically significant aortic insufficiency is reported. He was HLD-B27 positive and valvular incompetence was detected 32 months after the onset while active synovitis was still present.
mesh_terms: D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D002932:Cineangiography; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D013585:Synovitis / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen