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[Mixed connective tissue disease in a male patient chronically exposed to toxic chemicals]
B Panaszek1, J Małolepszy, M Wrzyszcz
1Katedry i Kliniki Chorób Wewnetrznych i Alergologii AM we Wrocławiu.
Polski Tygodnik Lekarski (Warsaw, Poland : 1960)
|May 3, 1993
Abstract:
A case of the mixed disease of the connective tissue (MCTD) in male patient occupationally exposed to PVC and other toxic agents is presented. Clinical symptoms consisted of the typical signs of SLE, rheumatoid arthritis and lupoid hepatitis. MCTD diagnosis was confirmed serologically by the presence of autoantibodies anti-RNP. Prednisone administered in the daily dose of 60 mg produced remission.