DERMATITIS-HERPETIFORMIS AND PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS

Citation
Hm. Lewis et al., DERMATITIS-HERPETIFORMIS AND PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS, Clinical and experimental dermatology, 18(4), 1993, pp. 363-365
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
ISSN journal
03076938
Volume
18
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
363 - 365
Database
ISI
SICI code
0307-6938(1993)18:4<363:DAPSC>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A patient with dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) developed abnormal liver function tests and was found to have histological features of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) on liver biopsy. The association of DH an d PSC has not been previously reported and the high incidence of pheno type HLA B8 and DR3 in these disorders suggests a common genetic predi sposition may exist for both diseases.