A variant of acrokeratoelastoidosis in systemic scleroderma: Report of 7 cases

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 767-770

  Tajima, Shingo ^a   Tanaka, Nobuhiko ^a   Ishibashi, Akira ^a   Suzuki, Kimihiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ACROKERATOELASTOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TISSUE METABOLISM;

EID: 0036587137     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2002.112927     Document Type: Article

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