PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - C Beauvais
AU  - G Kaplan
AU  - B Mougenot
AU  - C Michel
AU  - E Marinho
TI  - Cutaneous vasculitis and IgA glomerulonephritis in ankylosing spondylitis.
AID  - 10.1136/ard.52.1.61
DP  - 1993 Jan 01
TA  - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
PG  - 61--62
VI  - 52
IP  - 1
4099  - http://ard.bmj.com/content/52/1/61.short
4100  - http://ard.bmj.com/content/52/1/61.full
SO  - Ann Rheum Dis1993 Jan 01; 52
AB  - Two patients with ankylosing spondylitis were found to have IgA nephropathy and leucocytoclastic cutaneous vasculitis. Immunofluorescence showed perivascular deposition of IgA in the skin of one patient and in the mesangium of both patients. Such an association has been reported only once before. This supports the concept of abnormal IgA immune stimulation in the pathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis.