Relapsing polychondritis: autoimmunity to type II collagen and treatment with cyclosporin A.
A case of relapsing polychondritis (RPC) with strongly positive antibodies to both native and denatured type II collagen is reported. This is only the second report of the use of cyclosporin A in the treatment of RPC.
Anstey
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Department of Dermatology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, U.K.
Mayou
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Morgan
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Clague
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Munro
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D000368:Aged; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000032:analysis; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D003094:Collagen / Q000276:immunology*; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004431:Ear, External / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011081:Polychondritis, Relapsing / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology
D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D001323:Autoantibodies; D016572:Cyclosporine; D003094:Collagen