The discrepancy in hardness between clinical and histopathological findings in localized scleroderma treated with PUVA

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 544-546

  Yamaguchi, Keiko ^a   Takeuchi, Izuho ^a   Yoshii, Noriko ^a   Gushi, Akira ^a   Kanekura, Takuro ^a   Kanzaki, Tamotsu ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Photochemotherapy; Scleroderma; Softening

Indexed keywords

METHOXSALEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; PUVA; SCLERODERMA; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 0031688593     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1998.tb02452.x     Document Type: Article

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