An uncommon cause of scleroderma

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 242-245

  Sikdar, S ^a   Grover, C ^a   Kubba, Samir ^a,b   Yadav, A ^a   Sahni, V ^a   Aggarwal, G ^a   Singh, N P ^a   Agarwal, S K ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MYOPATHY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCLERODERMA; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VASCULITIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LAMIVUDINE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVIRAPINE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZIDOVUDINE;

EID: 22144462871     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740410011253     Document Type: Article

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