Pansclerotic morphea associated with hypohidrosis and anti-M3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor antibodies

Br J Dermatol. 2018 Mar;178(3):e210-e211. doi: 10.1111/bjd.16021. Epub 2018 Jan 22.

Authors

H Fujita-Tanaka¹, Y Ogawa¹, Y Muro¹, M Ogawa-Momohara¹, H Asashima², H Tsuboi², T Sumida², M Akiyama¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
² Division of Clinical Immunology, Doctoral Program in Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.

PMID: 28977673
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.16021

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Autoantibodies / metabolism*
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
Humans
Hypohidrosis / drug therapy
Hypohidrosis / etiology
Hypohidrosis / immunology*
Male
Middle Aged
Prednisolone / therapeutic use
Receptors, Muscarinic / immunology*
Scleroderma, Localized / complications
Scleroderma, Localized / drug therapy
Scleroderma, Localized / immunology*

Substances

Autoantibodies
Glucocorticoids
Receptors, Muscarinic
Prednisolone