TY - JOUR
T1 - Relapsing polychondritis
AU - Kent, Peter D.
AU - Michet, Clement J.
AU - Luthra, Harvinder S.
PY - 2004/1
Y1 - 2004/1
N2 - Relapsing polychondritis is a unique, rare autoimmune disorder in which the cartilaginous tissues are the primary targets of destruction but the immune damage can spread to involve noncartilaginous tissues like the kidney, blood vessels, and so forth. The manifestations of the disease can take many different forms and the pathogenesis is still unclear. It may occur in a primary form or it may be associated with other disease states. This article summarizes important aspects of the disease with a focus on recent information regarding clinical manifestations, disease associations, pathogenesis, and advances in therapeutics.
AB - Relapsing polychondritis is a unique, rare autoimmune disorder in which the cartilaginous tissues are the primary targets of destruction but the immune damage can spread to involve noncartilaginous tissues like the kidney, blood vessels, and so forth. The manifestations of the disease can take many different forms and the pathogenesis is still unclear. It may occur in a primary form or it may be associated with other disease states. This article summarizes important aspects of the disease with a focus on recent information regarding clinical manifestations, disease associations, pathogenesis, and advances in therapeutics.
KW - Clinical manifestation
KW - Disease associations
KW - Pathogenesis
KW - Relapsing polychondritis
KW - Therapeutics
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U2 - 10.1097/00002281-200401000-00011
DO - 10.1097/00002281-200401000-00011
M3 - Review article
C2 - 14673390
AN - SCOPUS:0347416712
SN - 1040-8711
VL - 16
SP - 56
EP - 61
JO - Current opinion in rheumatology
JF - Current opinion in rheumatology
IS - 1
ER -