The Role of HLA-B27 in the Diagnosis of Low Back Pain
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3109/17453677908989784Abstract
The HLA-B27 antigen was determined in 652 patients with low back pain which had lasted for more than 3 months. A clinical and roentgenological examination of the sacroiliac joints and the thoraco-lumbar spine was performed in all the patients. The control group consisted of 302 unrelated persons who did not show signs of low back pain. Antigen HLA-B27 was found in 276 of these 652 patients attending the ward for rheumatic diseases (42.4 per cent) and in 37 of the 302 unrelated persons in the control group (12.2 per cent). The difference is statistically highly significant (P < 0.001). Ankylosing spondylitis was found in 128 out of the 276 patients with low back pain and antigen HLA-B27. This demonstrates the importance of this antigen in the differential diagnosis of low back pain.Downloads
Download data is not yet available.
Downloads
Published
1979-01-01
How to Cite
Jajić, I. (1979). The Role of HLA-B27 in the Diagnosis of Low Back Pain. Acta Orthopaedica, 50(4), 411–413. https://doi.org/10.3109/17453677908989784
Issue
Section
Articles
License
Acta Orthopaedica (Scandinavica) content is available freely online as from volume 1, 1930. The journal owner owns the copyright for all material published until volume 80, 2009. As of June 2009, the journal has however been published fully Open Access, meaning the authors retain copyright to their work. As of June 2009, articles have been published under CC-BY-NC or CC-BY licenses, unless otherwise specified.
