Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by SHEEHAN, N. J.
Right arrow Articles by STANTON-KING, K.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by SHEEHAN, N. J.
Right arrow Articles by STANTON-KING, K.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© 1993 British Society for Rheumatology

case-report

POLYAUTOIMMUNITY IN A YOUNG WOMAN

N. J. SHEEHAN and K. STANTON-KING

Departments of Rheumatology, The Edith Cavell Hospital Bretton Gate, Peterborough PE3 6GZ

Correspondence to: Correspondence to N. J. Sheehan

A young woman with the HLA phenotype A1, A2, B5, B8, DR3, DR4 developed RA, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), pernicious anaemia (PA), Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), systemic sclerosis (SS), pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI) and coeliac disease (CD) before dying from vasculitic complications. A family study revealed RA, PA and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) amongst her first degree relatives. Her case emphasizes the clinical and immunogenetic links between the autoimmune diseases.

KEY WORDS: Autoimmunity, Rheumatoid arthritis, Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, Pernicious anaemia, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Systemic sclerosis, Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency, Coeliac disease, Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 The Journal of RheumatologyHome page
E. ROSATO, D. De NITTO, C. ROSSI, V. LIBANORI, G. DONATO, M. Di TOLA, S. PISARRI, F. SALSANO, and A. PICARELLI
High Incidence of Celiac Disease in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
J Rheumatol, May 1, 2009; 36(5): 965 - 969.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Ann Rheum DisHome page
J A Gomez-Puerta, V Gil, R Cervera, R Miquel, S Jimenez, M Ramos-Casals, and J Font
Coeliac disease associated with systemic sclerosis
Ann Rheum Dis, January 1, 2004; 63(1): 104 - 105.
[Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 BrainHome page
S. A. Broadley, J. Deans, S. J. Sawcer, D. Clayton, and D. A. S. Compston
Autoimmune disease in first-degree relatives of patients with multiple sclerosis: A UK survey
Brain, June 1, 2000; 123(6): 1102 - 1111.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.