Undifferentiated connective tissue disease and its cutaneous manifestations

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 715-717

  Pestelli, E ^a   Volpi, W ^a   Giomi, B ^a   Caproni, M ^a   Fabbri, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Connective tissue disease; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Systemic scleroderma

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DERMADROME; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242539751     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2003.00822.x     Document Type: Article

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