Lymphedema of the extremities developed as the initial manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis [12]

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-176

  Nagai, Yayoi ^a   Aoyama, Kumi ^a   Endo, Yukie ^a   Ishikawa, Osamu ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ETANERCEPT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENICILLAMINE; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; SHI QUAN DA BU TANG;

AGED; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LYMPHEDEMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCINTIGRAPHY;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA;

EID: 33947392905     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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