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45 yr old woman has high titer of anti Scl-70 antibodys. A biopsy of the skin shows thining of the epidermis hyalinization and obliteration of arterioles and dermal thickening. These dermatologic changes are caused primarly by the release of chemokines from:
a) platelets
b) mast cells
c) lymphocytes
d) eosinohpils
e) endothelila cells
f) segmented neutrophils
Any help is apreciated. Thanks!

  #2

And I would like to add one more question about scleroderma. What is the way of inheritance? Does anyone know? Please, any toughts?

  #3

C-LYMPHOCYTES,coz it is an auto immune disease


  #4

Supra , is it recesive or dominant or maybe X-linked which i doubt it ? Thanks for your help!

  #5

I am not sure, but I think the inheritence is polygenic/ multifactorial.


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  #6

C - lymphocytes. Inheritance is multifactorial; disease is classified as having an unknown etiology.


  #7

C nod


  #8

c) lymphocytes


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