Seronegative Arthritis

Question 1

What is the definition of and classification of seronegative arthritis?

Answer 1

Rheumatoid arthritis with a negative rheumatoid factor, may be associated with HLA B27, usually asymmetric, involves the axial skeleton with enthesitis (inflammation at sites where tendons or ligaments insert into the bone) and extra articular features

Classification:

• ankylosing spondylitis
• psoriatic arthritis
• reactive arthritis
• IBD arthritis

Question 2

What is the clinical and genetic basis for the grouping of seronegative arthritis and what features do spondylarthritides have in common?

Answer 2

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Question 3

What is the characteristic pattern of joint involvement in spondylitis-arthropathies compared ithother arthropathies?

Answer 3

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Question 4

What are the characteristic features of: anklyosing spondylitis, eneteropathic spondykoarthropatjows, psoriatic arthritis, reactive arthritis and reiters syndrome?

Answer 4

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Question 5

What is the inclusive term of seronegative spondarthritis and it’s subdivisions?

Answer 5

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Question 6

What are the extra articulate features of spondylarthritidies?

Answer 6

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