A case of active chronic hepatitis with painless erosive arthritis

True arthritis is very much less common than arthralgia in patients suffering from active chronic hepatitis and only scanty information is available about the joint changes in this disease. We report here the case of a young woman with active chronic hepatitis complicated by a painless, erosive smal...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inGut Vol. 14; no. 10; pp. 800 - 804
Main Authors Barnardo, D. E., Vernon-Roberts, B., Currey, H. L. F.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology 01.10.1973
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects
Adult
Arthritis - complications
Biopsy
Chronic Disease
Complement System Proteins - analysis
Edema
Female
Finger Joint
Fingers - diagnostic imaging
Fingers - pathology
Fluorescent Antibody Technique
Hepatitis - complications
Histiocytes
Humans
Immunoglobulin G - analysis
Immunoglobulin M - analysis
Lymphocytes
Microscopy, Electron
Plasma Cells
Radiography
Synovial Membrane - pathology
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:True arthritis is very much less common than arthralgia in patients suffering from active chronic hepatitis and only scanty information is available about the joint changes in this disease. We report here the case of a young woman with active chronic hepatitis complicated by a painless, erosive small joint arthropathy.
Bibliography:local:gutjnl;14/10/800
ark:/67375/NVC-2PWZVWF9-0
PMID:4586082
href:gutjnl-14-800.pdf
istex:9967F9F1E38CE15BD4142E8A648174BF631DE29C
ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 23
ISSN:0017-5749
1468-3288
1458-3288
DOI:10.1136/gut.14.10.800