| Abstract | The aim of the study was to assess the significance of type 2 anti-mitochondrial antibodies in patients with systemic and inflammatory rheumatic disease. Articular and systemic manifestations of 8 patients associated with type 2 anti-mitochondrial antibodies are described. All the patients had hepatic abnormalities, and 5 of them disclosed a primary biliary cirrhosis. Articular and systemic manifestations were similar to those observed in primary biliary cirrhosis. Therefore, the finding of anti-mitochondrial antibodies in patients with systemic or inflammatory rheumatic disease implies research for other systemic manifestations such as primary biliary cirrhosis. |
| Authors | R Dhôte, B Christoforov, B Weill, C J Menkes
(Affiliation: Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Cochin, Paris.)
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| Journal | Annales de médecine interne
(Ann Med Interne (Paris))
Vol. 146
Issue 8
Pg. 536-40
( 1995)
ISSN: 0003-410X FRANCE |
| Vernacular Title | Manifestations articulaires et systémiques associées aux anticorps anti-mitochondries de type 2. |
| PMID | 8734077
(Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article, Review)
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| Chemical References |
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| Topics |
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Antibodies
(analysis, physiology)
- Arthritis
(immunology)
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
(immunology)
- Female
- Humans
- Joint Diseases
(immunology)
- Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary
(immunology)
- Middle Aged
- Mitochondria
(immunology, ultrastructure)
- Retrospective Studies
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