Linear scleroderma 'en coup de sabre' associated with facial atrophy in a patient seropositive for Borrelia burgdorferi: a true case of molecular mimicry?

Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2004 Dec;15(6):570-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2004.00189.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Bacterial / blood*
  • Bacterial Proteins / blood
  • Borrelia burgdorferi / immunology*
  • Borrelia burgdorferi / isolation & purification
  • Child
  • Cytokines / blood
  • Facial Hemiatrophy / complications*
  • Facial Hemiatrophy / immunology
  • Facial Hemiatrophy / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoblotting / methods
  • Lyme Disease / complications*
  • Lyme Disease / immunology
  • Lyme Disease / pathology
  • Molecular Mimicry / immunology*
  • Scleroderma, Localized / complications*
  • Scleroderma, Localized / immunology
  • Scleroderma, Localized / pathology
  • Serologic Tests

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Cytokines