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Rheumatology 2003; 42: 184-185
© 2003 British Society for Rheumatology

Letters to the Editor

Two cases of atopic dermatitis associated with autoimmune abnormalities

I. Sekigawa, T. Yoshiike1, N. Iida, H. Hashimoto2 and H. Ogawa3

Department of Medicine and
1 Department of Dermatology, Juntendo University Izu-Nagaoka Hospital, Shizuoka and
2 Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology and
3 Department of Dermatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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SIR, The relationship between allergic disorders [such as atopic dermatitis (AD), asthma, allergic rhinitis and conjunctivitis] and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and/or mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is still unclear and controversial [1–4]. Certain reports have indicated a high incidence of these allergic diseases in SLE patients, but other reports have denied this [1–3]. The prevalence of AD in the children of mothers with SLE is known to be higher than in normal controls [4]. There has been no clear evidence of a higher serum concentration of immunoglobulin (Ig) E in SLE/MCTD patients . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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