Nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy, a new mimicker of systemic sclerosis

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 330, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 192-194

  Dupont, Angele ^a   Majithia, Vikas ^a   Ahmad, Shariq ^a   McMurray, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Kidney; Nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy; Skin; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NEPHROGENIC FIBROSING DERMOPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN EXAMINATION; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27244454369     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200510000-00007     Document Type: Article

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