title: Familial occurrence of systemic sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and other immunological disorders: report of two kindreds with study of HLA antigens and review of the literature.
abstract: We report two Caucasian families with systemic sclerosis and other connective tissue and immunological disorders, including rheumatoid arthritis, discoid lupus erythematosus, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, ulcerative colitis, asthma, Sjögren's syndrome, Raynaud's phenomenon and thyroid disease. In one of these families, two sisters are affected with systemic sclerosis. Clinical, serological, and HLA haplotype results are reported, along with a review of the medical literature on familial occurrence of systemic sclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Case Western Reserve University, Department of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Molta
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Aponte
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Macintyre
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007154:Immune System Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010375:Pedigree; D010641:Phenotype; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens