'Mechanic's hands': A misleading cutaneous sign of the antisynthetase syndrome [17]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 192-194

  Bachmeyer, C ^a   Tillie Leblond, I ^a   Lacert, A ^a   Cadranel, J ^a   Aractingi, S ^a  

^a HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; JO1 ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTISYNTHETASE SYNDROME; ARTHRALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; ERYTHEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MECHANIC HAND; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PREDNISONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME;

EID: 33845519512     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07593.x     Document Type: Letter

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