Several families in which systemic lupus erythematosus predominates in males are presented. The disease primarily manifested itself in the sons and in the male parents. Females in some of the families had other autoimmune diseases such as idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura or symptoms suggestive of
Familial cutaneous amyloidosis with systemic manifestations in males
β Scribed by Partington, M. W. ;Marriott, P. J. ;Prentice, R. S. A. ;Cavaglia, A. ;Simpson, N. E. ;Opitz, John M.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 866 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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