Severe urinary bladder involvement in systemic sclerosis. Case report and review of the literature

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 591-593

  La Civita, L ^a   Florentini, L ^a   Tognetti, A ^b   Pasero, G ^a   Ferri, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bladder; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TISSUE INJURY;

FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SCLEROSIS; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0031706441     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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