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Abstract
Reactive arthritis (ReA) was known as Reiter's disease or Fiessinger-Leroy disease for nearly 100 years. However, during the past 30 years the disease has been known as reactive arthritis, a member of the spondyloarthritis family. Despite knowing the initiating event (infection) and genetic constitution (many patients have HLA-B27) of ReA, a model of interplay between environment and genetics, its pathogenesis is still incompletely known. This review covers the epidemiology, clinical features, treatment, and prognosis of ReA.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16195157 DOI: 10.1080/03009740500202540
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Scand J Rheumatol ISSN: 0300-9742 Impact factor: 3.641