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SKIN LESIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SJÖGREN'S SYNDROME AND ANTICYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODIES IN SLE PATIENTS
Author(s) -
Miyagawa Sachiko,
Kitamura Wataru,
Sakamoto Kuniki
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1983.tb01170.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , antibody , sjögren syndrome , immunology , pathology , autoimmune disease
Among forty‐two systemic lupus erythematosus patients, three had antibodies against cytoplasmic antigens SSA and SSB. All three patients showed annular nonscarring erythema as a sign of their illness. The most predominant site of skin lesions was the face, but trunk and extremities were involved as well. All of the patients had clinically distinct Sjögren's syndrome following the onset of their skin lesions. These findings suggest that systemic lupus erythematosus patients with anticytoplasmic antibodies might often have accompanying clinical features of nonscarring erythema and Sjögren's syndrome.