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Relapsing polychondritis: commentary

Author(s) -

Ivonne Herrera,

Alessandro Mani,

Roy D. Altman

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

reumatismo

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.294

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 2240-2683

pISSN - 0048-7449

DOI - 10.4081/reumatismo.2002.301

Subject(s) - relapsing polychondritis , medicine , cartilage , etiology , pathology , chondropathy , degeneration (medical) , disease , dermatology , articular cartilage , anatomy , osteoarthritis , alternative medicine

Relapsing Polychondritis (RP) is a multisystem disease of unknown etiology characterized by episodic inflammation of cartilage and potentially progressive degeneration of cartilaginous tissue, such as auricular, nasal and laryngotracheobronchial cartilage. However, many other proteoglycan- rich structures may be involved, such as inner ear, eyes, blood vessels, heart and kidneys (1- 4). RP was first described by Jacksh-Wartenhorst in 1923, who named it “polychondropathia” (5). Pearson et al. (6) introduced the term “relapsing polychondritis” in 1960..

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