Three Cases of 'Mechanic's Hands' Associated with Interstitial Pneumonia: Possible Involvement with Foot Lesions

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 892-897

  Shibuya, Hiromi ^a   Arakawa, Shoko ^a   Kai, Yoshitaka ^a   Hatano, Yutaka ^a   Okamoto, Osamu ^a   Takayasu, Susumu ^a   Fujiwara, Sakuhei ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dermatomyositis; Gottron's sign; Interstitial pneumonia; Mechanic's Hands

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ACANTHOSIS; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPNEA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MECHANIC HAND; MORNING STIFFNESS; MUSCLE DISEASE; MYOSITIS; PARAKERATOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SYMPTOM; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0942266094     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2003.tb00344.x     Document Type: Article

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