Recurrent stupor and coma were noted in two of Kaposi's original patients with systemic
lupus erythematosus (SLE) described in 1871 (47). The systemịc nature of the illness was first …

… Alexander EI., l Iirsch TJ, Arnett FC, Provost TT, Stevens MH. Ro (SSA) and IA (SSH) …
Arnett F(”. Systemic lupus erythematosus: epidemiology and genetics. Md State Med J 32: …

A great deal of progress has occurred in the past few years in elucidating the causes and
designing new treatments for ankylosing spondylitis and other types of spondyloarthritis. In …

The revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were formulated from a
computerized analysis of 262 contemporary, consecutively studied patients with RA and 262 …

Objective To provide a single source for the best available estimates of the national
prevalence of arthritis in general and of selected musculoskeletal disorders (osteoarthritis, …

… The Fc RIIaH131 is the only human Fc R which recognizes … in SLE, we hypothesized that Fc
RIIA genes are important disease … , we compared the distribution of Fc RIIA alleles in African …

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease characterized by fibrosis of the skin and
internal organs that leads to profound disability and premature death. To identify new SSc …

Objective To determine the frequency with which scleroderma (systemic sclerosis; SSc) recurs
in families and the familial relative risk (λ) in the US. Methods Family histories of SSc were …

Clinical, serologic, and genetic findings in Sjiigrm’s syndrome patients were correlated with
quantitative determinations for antibody against Ro (SS-A), La (SS-B), and nRNP (Sm) using …

Objective: To determine whether ethnic factors influence the presentation, serologic expression
and immunogenetics of systemic sclerosis (SSc), patients from 3 ethnic groups were …