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MORPHEA WITH HIGH TITER OF FIBRONECTIN ANTIBODIES
Author(s) -
STEFANATO CATHERINE M.,
GORKIEWICZPETKOW ANNA,
JARZABEKCHORZELSKA MARIA,
JABLONSKA STEFANIA,
CHORZELSKI TADEUSZ
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1992.tb03933.x
Subject(s) - morphea , medicine , fibronectin , scleroderma (fungus) , pathogenesis , antibody , titer , dermatology , pathology , immunology , biopsy , biology , extracellular matrix , inoculation , microbiology and biotechnology
A 20‐year‐old man with a 9‐year history of unusual subcutaneous morphea with nodular lesions in a circular arrangement and wooden‐hard symmetrical induration of the arms, had high liters of fibronectin antibodies. A possible role of fibronectin and antifibronectin antibodies in the pathogenesis of scleroderma is discussed.