Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases and Klinefelter Syndrome Autoimunitné Reumatické Choroby a Klinefelterov Syndróm
Eur. Pharm. J. LVIII, 2016 (2): 18-22. ISSN 1338-6786 (online) and ISSN 2453-6725 (print version), DOI: 10.1515/afpuc-2016-0017 EUROPEAN PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL Autoimmune rheumatic diseases and Klinefelter syndrome Autoimunitné reumatické choroby a Klinefelterov syndróm Review Lazúrová I.1 , Rovenský J.2, Imrich R.3, Blažíčková S.2, Lazúrová Z.5, Payer J.6 1Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Medical Faculty, 1st 1Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach, Lekárska fakulta, Department of Internal Medicine, Košice, Slovak Republic I. interná klinika, Košice, Slovenská republika 2National Institute of Rheumatic Diseases, Piešťany, Slovak Republic 2Národný ústav reumatických chorôb, Piešťany, 3Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Slovenská Republika endocrinology, Bratislava, Slovak Republic 3Slovenská akadémia vied Inštitút experimentálnej en- 4Trnava University in Trnava, Faculty of Health Care dokrinológie, Bratislava, Slovenská Republika / and Social Work, Trnava Slovak Republic 4Trnavská Univerzita v Trnave, Fakulta zdravotníctva 5Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Medical Faculty a sociálnej práce, Trnava Slovenská Republika 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Košice, Slovak Republic 5Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach, Lekárska fakulta, 6Comenius University in Bratislava, Medical faculty, I. Interná klinika, Košice, Slovenská republika 5th Department of Internal Medicine, Bratislava, Slovak Republic 6Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Lekárska fakulta, V. Interná klinika, Bratislava, Slovenská Republika Received 22 June, 2016, accepted 19 July, 2016 Abstract The article summarizes data on the association of Klinefelter syndrome (KS) with autoimmune rheumatic diseases, that is rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), polymyositis/dermatomyositis, systemic sclerosis (SSc), mixed connective tissue diseases (MCTD), Sjogren’s syndrome and antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). Recently, a higher risk for RA, SLE and Sjogren’s syndrome in patients with KS has been clearly demonstrated.
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