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Br Med J. 1974 October 12; 4(5936): 78–79.
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Organ-specific Antibodies in Patients with Lichen Sclerosus
S. K. Goolamali, E. W. Barnes, W. J. Irvine, and Sam Shuster
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Abstract
Organ-specific antibodies were looked for in 26 patients with lichen sclerosus. Ten of the 25 female patients (40%) had organ-specific antibodies to thyroid cytoplasm and 11 (44%) had organ-specific antibodies to gastric parietal cells. Both values were significantly greater than those obtained in age-matched controls. None of the sera from patients with lichen sclerosus contained antibodies to steroid-producing tissues. No organ-specific antibodies were found in the one male patient.
The findings suggest that lichen sclerosus may be related to an autoimmune process.
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