Lichen sclerosus and eosinophilic fasciitis as manifestations of chronic graft-versus-host disease: Expanding the sclerodermoid spectrum

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 591-601

  Schaffer, Julie V ^a,b   McNiff, Jennifer M ^a   Seropian, Stuart ^a   Cooper, Dennis L ^a   Bolognia, Jean L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CARMUSTINE; COLLAGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUDARABINE; HYDROCORTISONE VALERATE; MELPHALAN; METHOTREXATE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; PSORALEN; RITUXIMAB; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; ULOBETASOL PROPIONATE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHRONIC GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DERMATITIS; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHILIC FASCIITIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LEG EDEMA; LEG PAIN; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MORPHEA; NECK; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RECURRENT CANCER; SCLERODERMA; SKIN INDURATION; STAINING; TINEA VERSICOLOR; TRUNK; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; WRINKLE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EOSINOPHILIA; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, DIFFUSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION INDUCTION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 25844452928     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.06.015     Document Type: Article

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