Relapsing polychondritis: an autoimmune disease?
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Relapsing polychondritis and eye disease
Relapsing polychondritis was first recognized as a clinical entity in I923 by JakschWartenhorst (I923) and reported by him under the title "polychondropathia". The term "relapsing polychondritis" was first used by Pearson, Kline, and Newcomer (I960). Up to I966, 49 cases had been described in the literature and these were reviewed by Dolan, Lemmon, and Teitelbaum (i 966). So far I 14 clinical c...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.6143.999-a