title: Acetylator polymorphism in discoid lupus erythematosus.
abstract: Acetylator phenotype was determined, using sulphamethazine, in 37 patients with histologically confirmed discoid lupus erythematosus, who were free from visceral damage, and in 157 normal control subjects. Twenty patients (54%) and 90 control subjects (57.4%) were slow acetylators (p not significant). Acetylator polymorphism appears not to be related to the risk of developing pure cutaneous discoid lupus erythematosus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Hospital Universitario San Carlos, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ladero
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Jiménez
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Robledo
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008179:Lupus Erythematosus, Discoid / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D013030:Spain