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. 1988 Jan;118(1):41-6.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1988.tb01748.x.

Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus and autoimmunity--a study of 350 women

R H Meyrick Thomas  1 , C M Ridley, D H McGibbon, M M Black
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Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus and autoimmunity--a study of 350 women

R H Meyrick Thomas et al. Br J Dermatol. 1988 Jan.

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  • Br J Dermatol 1988 May;118(5):736

Abstract

A study of autoimmune related phenomena in 350 women with histologically confirmed lichen sclerosus et atrophicus revealed that 21.5% had one or more autoimmune related diseases, 21% had one or more first degree relatives with an autoimmune-related disease, 42% had an autoantibody at a titre greater than 1:20, and 59.5% had one or more of these autoimmune-related phenomena. No statistically significant differences in the natural history of lichen sclerosus et atrophicus were demonstrated between those patients with autoimmune-related phenomena and those without.

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