Seronegative spondarthritis

"Seronegative" refers to the fact that these diseases are negative for Rheumatoid Factor and CCP in the serum.

Additional recommended knowledge

Essential Laboratory Skills Guide

Safe Weighing Range Ensures Accurate Results

Daily Sensitivity Test

Seronegative spondyloarthritis is a group of diseases, including:

• psoriatic arthritis
• Reiter's disease
• arthritis in association with inflammatory bowel disease
• ankylosing spondylitis
• Behcet's syndrome
• Whipple's disease

These diseases has following conditions in common:

• They are in relation to HLA-B27
• sacroiliitis and spondylitis are present in them.
• familial aggregation occurs
• Overlap is likely in them
• rheumatoid factor is not present

References

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