Prolonged, uncontrolled, anterior uveitis is a risk factor for spill-over inflammation to the posterior segment of the eye and subsequent cystoid macular edema. Persistent macular edema is the ...

Diagnosis: Atypically severe HLA-B27-positive uveitis, in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis treated with etanercept. Management: Intensive topical corticosteroid and cycloplegic treatment ...

Their male:female ratio was 3.6 and their mean age was 65.5±3.3 years. A diagnosis of SpA was confirmed in 32 of the 72 self-reported cases, 75% of them being HLA-B27 positive. Estimated SpA ...

Background/aims To explore and characterise the clinical phenotype of acute anterior uveitis flares with delayed severity in patients with human leucocyte antigen B27 (HLA-B27)-associated anterior ...

The objective of the present study was to determine the prevalence of positive CD serology in a population of Canadian adults living in Toronto, and to determine whether the prevalence of CD ...

For the patients with confirmed diagnosis of reactive salmonella arthritis, data about the acute disease were collected from the hospital records. A follow up study was performed. CONCLUSION Joint ...

It is associated with possession of HLA-B27 in over 90% of cases.4 Ankylosing spondylitis may also complicate inflammatory ... involvement with type 1 arthropathy but this was not statistically ...

The exact mechanism of RA is still unknown, but various immune cytokines, signaling pathways and effector cells are involved. Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) are commonly used in RA ...

Many times, the patients are subjected to arthritis-specific tests like rheumatoid factor, antinuclear antibodies, anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies, human leukocyte antigen (HLA-B27), etc.

Table 1 Overview of the expression, ligands and physiological functions of LILRs in health and disease. Structural analysis of LILRB1-HLA I interaction has revealed that LILRB1 interacts with the ...