Article
Association between HLA and cutaneous necrotizing venulitis.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Jan 2000
Glass D, Soter N A, Gibson D, Carpenter C B, Schur P H
Abstract excerpt
A group of patients has been identified with cutaneous necrotizing venulitis (vasculitis). These patients, some with concomitant connective tissue disorders, have skin lesions that separate them from the arteritis commonly described as rheumatoid vasculitis. HLA typing has been performed on 31 of these unrelated patients with cutaneous necrotizing venulitis, including 19 with associated chronic disorders. The...
Topics
- Antibody Formation
- Antigen-Antibody Reactions
- Biopsy
- Chronic Disease
- Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic
- Female
- Genes
- Genotype
- HLA Antigens
- Histocompatibility Antigens
- Humans
- Male
