[Immunology and joint disease (author's transl)].
The present view is concerned with a number of joint diseases occurring in man and pets, the pathogenesis of which is (partly) immunological. This review is preceded by the discussion of a relevant part of immunology. The diagnostic laboratory procedures dealt with in the paper consist in diagnostic routine tests performed in (medical) clinico-immunological laboratories. With a few exceptions, it appears to be possible to establish a diagnosis of similar diseases in animals using comparable methods. A reliable diagnosis of these joint diseases in pets is not only of importance from the point of view of comparative nosology, but may also revive interest in the animal as a model of these forms of disease. Finally, human so-called seronegative spondylo-arthropathy associated with the presence of particular tissue antigen, is briefly discussed. Similar associations in pets such as dogs should also be studied.
D000818:Animals; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000276:immunology; D000917:Antibody Formation; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000276:immunology; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000276:immunology* / Q000662:veterinary; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000276:immunology; D012217:Rheumatoid Factor / Q000276:immunology
D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens; D012217:Rheumatoid Factor
Immunologie en gewrichtsziekten.