The Arthritis of Viral Hepatitis

  1. ROBERT FERNANDEZ, M.D.; and
  2. DANIEL J. MCCARTY, M.D., F.A.C.P.
  1. Chicago, Illinois

    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

    • ▸From the Section of Arthritis and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Division of Biological Services, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.

    • Supported in part by a Clinical Research Center grant, The Arthritis Foundation, New York, N.Y.

    • ▸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

      • Received August 7, 1970.
      • Accepted September 28, 1970.
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    1. Ann Intern Med February 1, 1971 vol. 74 no. 2 207-211
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