Severe ankylosing spondylitis and diffuse systemic sclerosis: Case report of a genetic trap

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-147

  Kayser, C ^a   Alvarenga, M C V ^a   Neves, A S ^a   Gerbase De Lima, M ^a   Andrade, Luís Eduardo C ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; NIFEDIPINE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SACROILIITIS; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MALE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 18844404458     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740510026346     Document Type: Article

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