title: Eye disease in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: We report the case of a 40-year-old woman with diffuse uveitis, sensorineural hearing loss and cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis as features of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome who developed symmetric polyarthritis and stiffness of small and large joints, in addition to rheumatoid arthritis. Although their target tissues are distinct, both diseases have a possible autoimmune origin strongly associated with HLA-DRB4.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shinzato
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Yoshinari
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bonfá
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D014607:Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000276:immunology; D014953:Wrist / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D006684:HLA-DR Antigens