Juvenile onset systemic sclerosis: A single center experience of 23 cases from Asia

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1259-1262

  Misra, Ramnath ^a   Singh, Gurmeet ^a   Aggarwal, Parshant ^a   Aggarwal, Amita ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Juvenile systemic sclerosis; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; METHOTREXATE; NIFEDIPINE; PENICILLAMINE; SILDENAFIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GANGRENE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN ULCER; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 34447132077     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0483-z     Document Type: Article

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