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Organ specific and multisystemic autoimmune disease: part of a spectrum which may coexist in the same patient

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Five patients are described who were found to have both systemic lupus erythematosus and autoimmune thyroid disease. The coexistence of nonorgan specific and organ specific autoimmune disease is discussed.

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  1. Rheumatology Department of Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, NW3, London, UK

    T. Gordon

  2. Bloomsbury Rheumatology Unit, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London, UK

    D. Isenberg

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Gordon, T., Isenberg, D. Organ specific and multisystemic autoimmune disease: part of a spectrum which may coexist in the same patient. Clin Rheumatol 9, 401–403 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02114404

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