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Equestrian perniosis associated with cold agglutinins: a novel finding
Author(s) -
De Silva B. D.,
McLaren K.,
Doherty V. R.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2000.00643.x
Subject(s) - cold agglutinin , medicine , immunology , pathogenesis , dermatology , antibody
Reports of equestrian perniosis are rare in the literature and in the cases previously described there have been no abnormal laboratory investigations. We describe two patients with equestrian perniosis who had persistently elevated titres of cold agglutinins. We discuss the relationship of these cold agglutinins to the pathogenesis of perniosis and other related skin disorders.