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Abstracts tagged "diagnosis and human leukocyte antigens (HLA)"

  • Abstract Number: 1656 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Is a Positive Family History of Spondyloarthritis Relevant for Diagnosing Axial Spondyloarthritis Once HLA-B27 Status Is Known? Data from the ASAS, DESIR, and SPACE Cohorts

    Miranda van Lunteren1, Désirée van der Heijde1, Alexandre Sepriano1,2, Inger Berg3, Maxime Dougados4,5, Laure Gossec6,7, Lennart Jacobsson8, Roberta Ramonda9, Martin Rudwaleit10,11, Joachim Sieper11,12, Robert B.M. Landewé13,14 and Floris van Gaalen1, 1Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, 2Rheumatology, NOVA Medical School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, 3Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 4Department of Rheumatology, Paris Descartes University and Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, 5Rheumatology, Paris Descartes University, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, 6Rheumatology, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, 7Rheumatology, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France, 8Rheumatology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, 9Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, 10Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Klinikum Bielefeld Rosenhöhe, Bielefeld, Germany, 11Rheumatology, Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany, 12German Rheumatism Research Centre, Berlin, Germany, 13Rheumatology, Zuyderland Hospital, Heerlen, Netherlands, 14Amsterdam Rheumatology & Immunology Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Background/Purpose: A positive family history (PFH) of spondyloarthritis (SpA), in particular a PFH of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) or acute anterior uveitis (AAU), can be used…

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