HLA B27 associated diseases can be remembered using the mnemonic PAIR.
- Psoriasis/Psoriatic arthritis
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Reiter’s syndrome
Another useful mnemonic to remember the subgroups of seronegative spondyloarthritides is: PEARU
Mnemonic
- P: psoriatic arthritis
- E: enteropathic arthritis (i.e. extraintestinal manifestation of IBD)
- A: ankylosing spondylitis
- R: reactive arthritis (Reiter syndrome)
- U: undifferentiated spondyloarthritis
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