A family study of rheumatoid (ankylosing) spondylitis
β Scribed by Irving Karten; Domenick DiTata; Currier McEwen; Martin Tanner
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1962
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 741 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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## Abstract ## Objective To define the genetic basis of susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis (AS), especially nonβmajor histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes. ## Methods The study group comprised 244 affected sibling pairs from 180 pedigrees of primarily European ancestry. Sibling pairs wer
A family is reported in which three brothers had respectively, ankylosing spondylitis, Reiter's disease, and Reiter's disease followed by rheumatoid arthritis; the father had atypical spondylitis following stigmata of Reiter's disease. The literature of Reiter's disease affecting more than a single