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The occurrence of various collagen diseases in one family: a sister with ISSc, PBC, APS, and SS and a brother with systemic lupus erythematosus.
The Journal of dermatology - 1 Oct 2001
Tanaka A, Igarashi M, Kakinuma M, Oh-i T, Koga M, Okuda T
Abstract excerpt
We encountered siblings who had collagen diseases and related symptoms. Case 1 was a 53-year-old woman who had limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (ISSc) associated with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS), and subclinical Sjögren's syndrome (SS). Case 2 was a 48-year-old man, her younger brother, with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) that developed at 32 years of age....
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