Scleroderma-like lesions and Parkinson's disease: Possible links with exposure to pesticides [13]

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 256-257

  Stinco, Giuseppe ^a   Piccirillo, Fabio ^a   De Francesco, Vincenzo ^a   Patrone, Pasquale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; PESTICIDE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; SCLERODERMA; SKIN BIOPSY; SPIROMETRY;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY; PESTICIDES; SCLERODERMA, LIMITED; SKIN DISEASES; TOES;

EID: 34249786851     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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