Eosinophilic fasciitis - Progression to linear scleroderma. A Case Report

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 381-385

  Balat, Ayşe ^a   Akinci, Ayşehan ^a   Turgut, Mehmet ^b   Mizrak, Bülent ^a   Aydin, Abdullah ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childhood scleroderma; Eosinophilic fasciitis

Indexed keywords

PENICILLAMINE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHILIA; FASCIITIS; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EOSINOPHILIA; FASCIITIS; HUMANS; MALE; PENICILLAMINE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SKIN; STEROIDS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0033156115     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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