TY - JOUR T1 - Cutaneous vasculitis and IgA glomerulonephritis in ankylosing spondylitis. JF - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases JO - Ann Rheum Dis SP - 61 LP - 62 DO - 10.1136/ard.52.1.61 VL - 52 IS - 1 AU - C Beauvais AU - G Kaplan AU - B Mougenot AU - C Michel AU - E Marinho Y1 - 1993/01/01 UR - http://ard.bmj.com/content/52/1/61.abstract N2 - 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. ER -