Conference paper

Extraskeletal manifestations of seronegative spondyloarthropathies

Jadranka Morović-Vergles ; Department for Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Clinic for Internal Medicine, Clinical Hospital “Dubrava”, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Spondyloarthropathies constitute a cluster of interrelated and overlapping chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases of unknown etiology that include ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, reactive arthritis, enteropathic arthritis and undifferentiated spondyloarthritis. These diseases are not associated with rheumatoid factor, they occur in genetically predisposed individuals and show a strong association with HLA-B27. The primary pathologic sites include the entheses, the sacroiliac joints and the axial skeleton with or without some nonarticular structures, such as the skin, eye, aortic valve, heart and kidney.

Keywords

spondyloarthropathies; extraskeletal features; uveitis; mucocutaneous lesions; aortic valve

Hrčak ID:

125978

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/125978

Publication date:

15.10.2004.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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