| Literature DB >> 1953824 |
G S Hoffman1, J D Filie, H R Schumacher, E Ortiz-Bravo, M G Tsokos, J C Marini, G S Kerr, Q H Ling, D E Trentham.
Abstract
A unique patient with type VIII Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and cutaneous vasculitis, resorptive osteolysis, and cardiac valvular disease is described. Collagen analyses identified morphologic and physical abnormalities of type I collagen. The patient's T lymphocytes could be propagated in vitro with type I collagen and produced a 60-kd lymphokine that bound this protein. Cellular autoimmunity to type I collagen may be responsible for this patient's intractable clinical condition.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1953824 DOI: 10.1002/art.1780341119
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arthritis Rheum ISSN: 0004-3591