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Arthritis (Reiter's Syndrome)
Reactive Arthritis Not Always Benign
August 23rd, 1999
Reiter's Syndrome, also known as reactive arthritis, an aseptic inflammatory polyarthritis, may not be as benign and self-limited as previously thought. In a review of the syndrome, Werner F. Barth, MD, and Kinin Segal, MD, both of the Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, discussed its clinical features diagnosis, pathogenesis, course, and treatment. They noted that it is, sometimes, the initial manifestation of HIV ("Reactive Arthritis (Reiter's Syndrome)," American Family Physician, August 1999;60(2):499-507). "Reactive arthritis is the most common type of inflammatory polyarthritis in young men," Barth and Segal reported. It should be...
Source: AIDS Weekly (1999-08-23)
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