Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Primate spondyloarthropathy.
- Journal:
- Current rheumatology reports
- Year:
- 2005
- Authors:
- Rothschild, Bruce M
- Affiliation:
- Arthritis Center of Northeast Ohio · United States
Abstract
Spondyloarthropathy is a common occurrence in Old World primates, with only limited presence in New World monkeys. Clearly distinguished from rheumatoid arthritis, this erosive arthritis afflicts 20% of great apes, baboons, and rhesus macaques and had been increasing in frequency. Habitat-dependent infectious agent diarrhea-induced reactive arthritis is implicated on a background of genetic predisposition. A gorilla-derived therapeutic preventative approach has possible application in human clinical medicine.
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