Coexistent Marfan's syndrome and ankylosing spondylitis.

Kiss, Csaba; Jónap, Ildiko; Gergely, Peter; Poór, Gyula · J Rheumatol · 2006

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We describe a 22-year-old woman with coexisting Marfan's syndrome (MFS) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS). A change of fibrillin-1 due to mutation of the FBN1 gene (MFS) or a cell-mediated autoimmune response in AS could account for a common pathology.

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