Muckle-Wells syndrome: Report of six cases with hyperpigmented sclerodermoid skin lesions

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 239-244

  El Darouti, Mohammad A ^a,b   Marzouk, Salonaz A ^a   Abdel Halim, Mona R E ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLIC; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; KIDNEY AMYLOIDOSIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; LEG DISEASE; MALE; MUCKLE WELLS SYNDROME; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCLERODERMA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; URINALYSIS; URTICARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTHRALGIA; CHILLS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; RECURRENCE; SCLEROSIS; SKIN DISEASES; SYNDROME; URTICARIA;

EID: 33644768091     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02466.x     Document Type: Article

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