Clinical and laboratory studies of inflammatory polyarthritis in patients with leprosy in Papua New Guinea

The results of a combined clinical and laboratory study in 55 patients throughout the leprosy spectrum are reported. Thirty one of these patients suffered from an inflammatory peripheral polyarthritis which has not been previously described and which was unassociated with the characteristics of eryt...

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Published in:Annals of the rheumatic diseases 1987-09, Vol.46 (9), p.688-690
Main Authors: Atkin, S L, Welbury, R R, Stanfield, E, Beavis, D, Iwais, B, Dick, W C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
alpha-Macroglobulins - analysis
Arthritis - blood
Arthritis - etiology
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Female
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Leprosy
Leprosy - blood
Leprosy - complications
Male
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous. Osteoarticular involvement in other diseases
Rheumatoid Factor - analysis
Tropical bacterial diseases
Tropical medicine
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Summary:The results of a combined clinical and laboratory study in 55 patients throughout the leprosy spectrum are reported. Thirty one of these patients suffered from an inflammatory peripheral polyarthritis which has not been previously described and which was unassociated with the characteristics of erythema nodosum leprosum reactions or with Charcot's joints. alpha 2 Macroglobulin was raised significantly only in those patients with leprosy and arthritis.
ISSN:0003-4967
1468-2060
DOI:10.1136/ard.46.9.688