Article
Familial occurrence of systemic sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and other immunological disorders: report of two kindreds with study of HLA antigens and review of the literature.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Molta C T, Khan M A, Aponte C J, Reynolds T L, Macintyre S S
Abstract excerpt
We report two Caucasian families with systemic sclerosis and other connective tissue and immunological disorders, including rheumatoid arthritis, discoid lupus erythematosus, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, ulcerative colitis, asthma, Sjögren's syndrome, Raynaud's phenomenon and thyroid disease. In one of these families, two sisters are affected with systemic sclerosis. Clinical,...
Topics
- Aged
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- HLA Antigens
- Humans
- Immune System Diseases
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pedigree
- Phenotype
- Scleroderma, Systemic