01154nas a2200289   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001000055653001400065653001100079653001100090653001200101653000900113653002200122653002500144100001400169700001600183700001600199700001300215700001200228700001300240245011200253300001100365490000700376520046700383022001400850       1987                            d  c1987 Sep10aAdult10aArthritis10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aRheumatoid Factor10aAlpha-Macroglobulins1 aAtkin S L1 aWelbury R R1 aStanfield E1 aBeavis D1 aIwais B1 aDick W C00aClinical and laboratory studies of inflammatory polyarthritis in patients with leprosy in Papua New Guinea.  a688-900 v463 a<p>The results of a combined clinical and laboratory study in 55 patients throughout the leprosy spectrum are reported. Thirty one of these patients suffered from an inflammatory peripheral polyarthritis which has not been previously described and which was unassociated with the characteristics of erythema nodosum leprosum reactions or with Charcot's joints. alpha 2 Macroglobulin was raised significantly only in those patients with leprosy and arthritis.</p>  a0003-4967