Reiter syndrome

Also known as: Reactive arthritis

Arthritis, urethritis and conjunctivitis after infection.

Medical specialty: Infectious Disease
Subspecialty: Infectious disease / Post-infectious syndromes
Sex & age distribution: Male: affected, male predominance; Female: affected; Children: yes, rare
Gene(s) involved: HLA-B27

Etiology & mechanism

Immune reaction after gastrointestinal or genitourinary infection.

Gene(s) involved (1)

HLA-B27

Symptoms & signs (5)

arthritisbalanitisconjunctivitisenthesitisurethritis

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