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Dermatitis herpetiformis and primary sclerosing cholangitis
Author(s) -
LEWIS H. M.,
GOLDIN R.,
LEONARD J. N.
Publication year - 1993
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 - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1993.tb02219.x
Subject(s) - dermatitis herpetiformis , primary sclerosing cholangitis , medicine , primary (astronomy) , dermatology , disease , physics , astronomy
Summary A patient with dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) developed abnormal liver function tests and was found to have histological features of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) on liver biopsy. The association of DH and PSC has not been previously reported and the high incidence of phenotype HLA B8 and DR3 in these disorders suggests a common genetic predisposition may exist for both diseases.