Calcinosis cutis: A report of four cases

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 50-52

  Natarajan, Angamuthu ^a   Pais, Anthony V ^a   Chandrakala, Soransi R ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOFIBROMA; DISEASE COURSE; EXCISION; FEMALE; HIP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; SCROTUM; SEBACEOUS CYST; SKIN CALCIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TUBERCULOSIS; X RAY PICTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUTTOCKS; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCALP; SCROTUM; SKIN DISEASES;

STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0037257545     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550303300124     Document Type: Article

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