title: [Rheumatoid polyarthritis in the elderly--rhizomelic pseudopolyarthritis: what differences?].
abstract: The authors have conducted a comparative retrospective study between polymyalgia rheumatic (N = 26) and rheumatoid arthritis in the elderly (N = 44), including HLA DRB1 genotype determination by PCR-RFLP analysis. No clinical nor biological differences were significant between the 2 groups of patients. However 70% of RA patients had one ore more susceptibility alleles (shared epitope hypothesis) and 50% in polymyalgia rheumatica.
authors.affiliation: Service de rhumatologie, hôpital B, CHRU de Lille.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Labbé
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Flipo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Houvenagel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hachulla
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Danze
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Coquerel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Duquesnoy
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Delcambre
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011111:Polymyalgia Rheumatica / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Polyarthrite rhumatoïde du sujet âgé--pseudopolyarthrite rhizomélique: quelles différences?