Biomedical subjects

E C Keystone

Publications and source records attributed to E C Keystone.

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Antigen-specific suppressor cell activity in patients with scleroderma.

Antigen-specific suppressor cell activity (SCA) of peripheral blood mononuclear cells was investigated in 22 patients with scleroderma (PSS) and 22 age and sex matched healthy controls. SCA was induced by priming peripheral blood mononuclear cells with high dose antigen (ovalbumin). Antigen-specific SCA was measured by determining the ability of the primed cells to suppress an optimal ovalbumin specific plaque forming cell (PFC) response in an autologous target culture. The in vitro PFC response and suppressor cell activity of the PSS patients was not different from that of the normal controls. Antigen dose-response curves of the priming phase of the assay were similar in both the patient and control groups.

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Eosinophilic fasciitis and aplastic anaemia.

Aplastic anemia developed in a 66-yr-old farmer with eosinophilic fasciitis. The concurrence of these 2 rare diseases is noteworthy. The case is presented and the relevant literature is briefly reviewed.

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The association of retroperitoneal fibrosis with systemic vasculitis and HLA-B27: a case report and review of the literature.

A young man with retroperitoneal and mediastinal fibrosis, associated with systemic vasculitis, is reported. Sacroiliitis and the histocompatibility antigen HLA-B27 were also present. The literature regarding vasculitis and HLA-B27 in retroperitoneal fibrosis is reviewed and the implications of this association discussed.

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