TY - JOUR
T1 - Corticosteroid Treatment Effective for 17 Patients with High Titers of AntiRNP Antibody
AU - Ookawa, Kouzou
AU - Oono, Takashi
AU - Hatakenaka, Ken ichi
AU - Arata, Jiro
PY - 1987/1/1
Y1 - 1987/1/1
N2 - Seventeen patients with titers of RNP antibody over 1 : 10,000 seen at our clinic from 1981 to 1986 were investigated. (1) Five had systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), 3 progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS), 7 mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) and 2 unclassified connective tissue disease (UCTD). (2) Six of 7 with MCTD, both of 2 patients with UCTD and 1 of 3 with PSS had high titers of RNP antibody alone. (3) All 5 patients with SLE and 2 of 3 patients with PSS had both antiDNA antibody and antiSm antibody. (4) Raynaud's phenomenon was present in 12, but serious renal disease was not evident in any patient. The response to corticosteroid was positive in all patients.
AB - Seventeen patients with titers of RNP antibody over 1 : 10,000 seen at our clinic from 1981 to 1986 were investigated. (1) Five had systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), 3 progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS), 7 mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) and 2 unclassified connective tissue disease (UCTD). (2) Six of 7 with MCTD, both of 2 patients with UCTD and 1 of 3 with PSS had high titers of RNP antibody alone. (3) All 5 patients with SLE and 2 of 3 patients with PSS had both antiDNA antibody and antiSm antibody. (4) Raynaud's phenomenon was present in 12, but serious renal disease was not evident in any patient. The response to corticosteroid was positive in all patients.
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U2 - 10.2336/nishinihonhifu.49.471
DO - 10.2336/nishinihonhifu.49.471
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0023257044
SN - 0386-9784
VL - 49
SP - 471
EP - 475
JO - Nishi Nihon Hifuka
JF - Nishi Nihon Hifuka
IS - 3
ER -