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Temporal arteritis in seropositive rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid nodule
M Broggini1, G P Filardi, S Volontè
1Divisione B Medicina Generale, Ospedale Multizonale, Varese, Italy.
Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
|April 1, 1988
Abstract:
A 61-year-old woman, suffering from classic seropositive rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid nodule histologically documented, developed temporal arteritis. HLA-DR typing revealed the presence of DR3 and DR4 antigens. The findings from previous studies support the association of HLA-DR antigens, giant cell arteritis-polymyalgia rheumatica and rheumatoid arthritis, and suggest the participation of a common immunogenetic mechanism in their pathogenesis.