Diagnosis of Chlamydiainduced Reactive Arthritis
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[Reactive arthritis: advances in diagnosis and treatment].
Reactive Arthritis (ReA) is an aseptic synovitis developing after a primary infection distant from the joint, mainly localized in the gastrointestinal (Enteroarthritis) or genitourinary tract (Uroarthritis). Because of either the asymmetric joint involvement, the possibility of involvement of the spine and enthesis, and the HLA-B27 association ReA is considered one of the spondylarthropathies. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1578