Fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis can cause similar symptoms like pain, reduced mobility in muscles, and exhaustion. The symptoms may be difficult to distinguish if a person has both conditions.
001). HLA-B27 positivity was less likely in women, appearing among 65.8% of women vs. 78.9% of men (P < .001). However, women also reported healthier behaviors than men, with lower proportions of ...
Timely and accurate diagnosis is challenging and relies on identifying a clinical pattern with a combination of clinical, laboratory (HLA-B27 positivity), and imaging findings (eg, structural damage ...
Identified genes include HLA-B27, ERAP1, and IL-23 receptor. Triggers can be exogenous (ie, infection and mechanical stress) or endogenous (ie, gut dysbiosis and loss of epithelial integrity). Immune ...
Results: This study identified HLA class I–binding variant peptides derived from canonical proteins, which had single amino-acid substitutions not attributed to genetic mutations or RNA editing. These ...