Clinical correlates of HLA-B*27 and its subtypes in enthesitis-related arthritis variant of juvenile idiopathic arthritis in south Indian Tamil patients.

Chengappa Kavadichanda GanapathyGaurav SethGunjan KumarReena GulatiVir Singh Negi

Published in: International journal of rheumatic diseases (2019)

Presence of HLA-B*27 and long duration of illness results in skeletal deformity, hip arthritis, sacroiliitis, cervical spine involvement and AAU. HLA-B*27:04 followed by B*27:05 are the most common HLA-B*27 subtypes in our study population and both have a similar clinical phenotype.

Keyphrases

juvenile idiopathic arthritis
end stage renal disease
rheumatoid arthritis
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
disease activity
prognostic factors
patient reported