Article
Lack of correlation between in vitro immunological alterations and the development of scleroderma-like skin lesions in toxic oil syndrome patients.
Dermatologica - 1 Jan 1991
Gutiérrez C, Aparicio M J, Sánchez M J, Cabrero E
Abstract excerpt
We examined whether immunological disturbances could influence the development of scleroderma-like skin lesions in patients affected by the Spanish toxic oil syndrome (TOS). To this end, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were collected from 13 chronic patients and 8 control subjects. All patients had suffered a toxic-induced severe neuromyopathy, and 6, in addition, had developed sclerodermoid skin...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte
- Brassica
- Female
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin G
- Interleukin-2
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear
- Male
- Middle Aged