[Clinical analysis of anti-cardiolipin antibody positive patients with systemic lupus erythematosus]. 1989

K Otoyama, and I Katayama, and K Nishioka, and S Nishiyama

We have analyzed the relationship between anti-cardiolipin antibody titer and manifestations in 68 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), 25 patients with progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS), 37 patients with Sjögren's syndrome and 16 patients with anaphylactoid purpura. Elevated anti-cardiolipin antibody titer was observed in SLE and Sjögren's syndrome. Clinical manifestations correlated with elevated anti-cardiolipin antibody titer included discoid lesion, thrombotic lesion, thrombocytopenia, elevated titer of ds-DNA antibodies, lower serum CPK level, and liver dysfunctions. Anti-cardiolipin antibody titer also correlated with the score of diagnostic criteria for SLE and the history of corticosteroid therapy. These results suggested that anti-cardiolipin antibody positive SLE patients are much more prone to develop thrombotic lesions and that cell bound antibody might play some role for the induction of vascular injury and thrombocytopenia in SLE.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008180 Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic A chronic, relapsing, inflammatory, and often febrile multisystemic disorder of connective tissue, characterized principally by involvement of the skin, joints, kidneys, and serosal membranes. It is of unknown etiology, but is thought to represent a failure of the regulatory mechanisms of the autoimmune system. The disease is marked by a wide range of system dysfunctions, an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and the formation of LE cells in the blood or bone marrow. Libman-Sacks Disease,Lupus Erythematosus Disseminatus,Systemic Lupus Erythematosus,Disease, Libman-Sacks,Libman Sacks Disease
D010976 Platelet Count The number of PLATELETS per unit volume in a sample of venous BLOOD. Blood Platelet Count,Blood Platelet Number,Platelet Number,Blood Platelet Counts,Blood Platelet Numbers,Count, Blood Platelet,Count, Platelet,Counts, Blood Platelet,Counts, Platelet,Number, Blood Platelet,Number, Platelet,Numbers, Blood Platelet,Numbers, Platelet,Platelet Count, Blood,Platelet Counts,Platelet Counts, Blood,Platelet Number, Blood,Platelet Numbers,Platelet Numbers, Blood
D002308 Cardiolipins Acidic phospholipids composed of two molecules of phosphatidic acid covalently linked to a molecule of glycerol. They occur primarily in mitochondrial inner membranes and in bacterial plasma membranes. They are the main antigenic components of the Wassermann-type antigen that is used in nontreponemal SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS. Cardiolipin,Diphosphatidylglycerol,Diphosphatidylglycerols
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000906 Antibodies Immunoglobulin molecules having a specific amino acid sequence by virtue of which they interact only with the ANTIGEN (or a very similar shape) that induced their synthesis in cells of the lymphoid series (especially PLASMA CELLS).
D012867 Skin The outer covering of the body that protects it from the environment. It is composed of the DERMIS and the EPIDERMIS.

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