Square-shaped scleredema in the back: Probably induced by mechanical stress

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 769-770

  Tsunemi, Yuichiro ^a   Ihn, Hironobu ^a   Fujita, Hideki ^a   Asashima, Nobuko ^a   Saeki, Hidehisa ^a   Tamaki, Kunihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ERYTHEMA; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RASH; SCLEREDEMA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INDURATION;

BACK; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLEREDEMA ADULTORUM; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 24944552100     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02199.x     Document Type: Article

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