[Juvenile ankylosing spondylitis and the joint hypermobility syndrome]

The problem of correlation of rheumatic diseases with mobility of joints in children and young individuals was not frequently been considered. The first of a few authors was C.J. Sutro who was concerned with this problem in 1947. The goal of our treatment was to prevent as long as possible the onset of ankylosis in our patients. They were treated by NSAID as well as by intensive kinesi- and hydrotherapy. All these patients, besides HLA-B27 have also A2 antigen, a possible gen for hypermobility. A prospective study should explain the significance and role of A2 antigen in these patients.