Abstract

Theimportant partofthis meeting will bebehind closed doors, withtheARA Committee deciding the diagnostic criteria forReiter's syndrome (RS). Thesewill vary, depending onwhether theyarefor thediagnosis andmanagement ofindividual patients, forpopulation surveys, orforgenetic analysis. For genetics itisessential tosetaside classical definitions ofdisease-as ifthetextbooks hadnotbeenwrittenandthentostudy individual clinical features bothin isolation andinvarious combinations. Insimple form, theFigure illustrates thepuzzle wehavebeendiscussing andarehoping tounderstand. Essentially itisanoverlapping jumble of clinical features whichwehavedivided arbitrarily anddefined asdiseases. Bydrawing lines atdifferent parts oftheFigure itispossible toindicate three ways ofdefining ankylosing spondylitis andalsothe syndrome familiar to paediatricians-childhood pauciarticular arthritis inthelower limbs associated

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