The Arthritis of Viral Hepatitis
Abstract
Two cases of arthritis and one of "arthralgia" eventuating in viral hepatitis are presented; all three cases were negative for Australia · serum hepatitis antigen. The arthritis of viral hepatitis in the one case that was examined serially was characterized as a nonmigratory, symmetrical, poly-periarthritis that lasted 6 weeks before evidence of hepatitis appeared.
Article and Author Information
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▸From the Section of Arthritis and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Division of Biological Services, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
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Supported in part by a Clinical Research Center grant, The Arthritis Foundation, New York, N.Y.
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▸Requests for reprints should be addressed to Daniel J. McCarty, M.D., Section of Arthritis and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, 950 E. 59th St., Chicago, Ill. 60637
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- Received August 7, 1970.
- Accepted September 28, 1970.
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