Postradiation morphea

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2267-2269

  Gollob, Michael H ^a   Dekoven, Joel G ^b   Bell, Mary J ^c,d   Assaad, Dalal ^d   Rao, Jaggi ^e  

^a Department of Medicine ^*

^b Division of Dermatology

^c Division of Rheumatology

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Localized scleroderma; Morphea

Indexed keywords

CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MORPHEA; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CLOBETASOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; SCLERODERMA, LOCALIZED;

EID: 0031732206     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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