Fibroblastic rheumatism: Clinical and histologic evolution of cutaneous manifestations

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2261-2266

  Fam, Adel G ^a,b   Hanna, Wedad ^a,c   Mak, Vincent ^a   Assaad, Dalal ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Department of Dermatology ^*

Author keywords

Fibroblastic rheumatism

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE; NAPROXEN; PREDNISONE;

ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ARTHRITIS; BIOPSY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; FINGERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; TOES;

EID: 0031764459     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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