A multicentre study of clinical features and HLA typing in Japanese patients with ankylosing spondylitis

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OBJECTIVES: Due to the low prevalence of HLA-B27 and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in Japan, rheumatologists have little experience with AS. We conducted a multicentre study to identify the characteristics and frequency of HLA-B types.

METHODS: We analysed epidemiological and clinical data, blood tests, spine radiographs, and HLA-B types in Japanese AS patients.

RESULTS: We evaluated 111 AS patients, predominantly men (82.9%). The mean age, disease onset, diagnosis, and time from onset to diagnosis were 43.7, 24.2, 36.0, and 11.6 years, respectively. Inflammatory low back pain was found in 96 cases (86.5%); peripheral arthritis in 59 (53.2%), enthesitis in 35 (31.5%), and dactylitis in 6 (5.4%). Extra-articular symptoms included uveitis, psoriasis, and inflammatory bowel disease in 41 (36.9%), 1 (0.9%), and 5 (4.5%) cases, respectively. HLA-B27 was positive in 83 cases (74.8%; odds ratio, 1146.0); and HLA-B48 in 9 (8.1%; odds ratio, 3.0). HLA-B27-positive patients were younger at onset and had a shorter diagnostic delay.

CONCLUSIONS: AS clinical symptoms were almost the same as other countries except for the low coexistence of psoriasis. HLA-B27 positivity in Japanese patients was 78%. HLA-B27-positive patients were younger and diagnosed earlier. In addition to HLA-B27, a relationship with HLA-B48 was suggested.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

Enthalten in:

Modern rheumatology - 33(2023), 2 vom: 02. März, Seite 392-397

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tada, Kurisu [VerfasserIn]
Dobashi, Hiroaki [VerfasserIn]
Taniguchi, Yoshinori [VerfasserIn]
Shuto, Toshihide [VerfasserIn]
Hagimori, Kohei [VerfasserIn]
Hayashi, Eri [VerfasserIn]
Inoue, Hisashi [VerfasserIn]
Kobayashi, Shigeto [VerfasserIn]
Ymaji, Ken [VerfasserIn]
Tamura, Naoto [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Ankylosing spondylitis
HLA-B27
HLA-B27 Antigen
HLA-B27 subtype
Japanese
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Spondyloarthritis

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Date Completed 06.03.2023

Date Revised 06.03.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/mr/roac008

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM336695063