Wilson W A, Hughes G R
Ann Rheum Dis. 1979 Aug;38(4):320-5. doi: 10.1136/ard.38.4.320.
The relative prevalence and clinical pattern of the major rheumatic diseases in the patient population of a teaching hospital in Jamaica were studied over the 3-year period 1974--7. The prevalence of systemic lupus erythematosus approached that of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). All grades of severity of RA were seen, and there was an unusually high proportion of females with RA. Rheumatic fever and exacerbations were relatively common, and in the absence of carditis differentiation from infective polyarthritis, especially gonococcal, was occasionally difficult.
1974年至1977年的3年期间,对牙买加一家教学医院患者群体中主要风湿性疾病的相对患病率和临床模式进行了研究。系统性红斑狼疮的患病率接近类风湿关节炎(RA)。观察到了所有严重程度等级的RA,且患RA的女性比例异常高。风湿热及其加重情况相对常见,在无心脏炎时,与感染性多关节炎,尤其是淋菌性关节炎进行鉴别有时会很困难。